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> I don't think that's true. Often, to come up with a proof of a particular theorem of interest, it's necessary to invent a whole new branch of mathematics that is interesting in its own right e.g. Galois theory for finding roots of polynomials. If the proof is automated then it might not be decomposed in a way that makes some new theory apparent. That's not true of a simple calculation.

Ya, so? Even if automation is only going to work well on the well understood stuff, mathematicians can still work on mysteries, they will simply have more time and resources to do so.



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