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mike
Total posts: 2298
12/9/2006 1:15 PM
He actually constructs a solid foundation for nulity which probably most of the people yelling at him via comments to the news storycouldn't read 3 words of. here. So Gohkan (my math genious Turkish roomie) says that the proof is pretty good but not really controvertable because he actually adjusts the axioms of algebra and calls the whole thing not algebra but 'transreal algebra.' Therefore contradictions with algebra are expected and the transreal 'field' is not expected to actually fit the definitions of a field. It sounds like a pretty sturdy system and really useful for computing but still requires development of a lot of things - how do you take derivitives what happens to limits if you don't have discontinuities etc? fun stuff but my brain is mush now ;-)
mike
Total posts: 2298
12/9/2006 1:19 PM
Gohkan also says that this is why it's all pointless anyway.
mike
Total posts: 2298
12/9/2006 1:53 PM
mwinter
Total posts: 4315
12/10/2006 9:43 AM
My favorite excerpt from the Axiom of Choice page:
"The Axiom of Choice is necessary to select a set from an infinite number of socks but not an infinite number of shoes."
"The Axiom of Choice is necessary to select a set from an infinite number of socks but not an infinite number of shoes."
SmoovB
Total posts: 1097
12/10/2006 11:18 AM
The axiom of choice is the natural "out" whenever my coworker Sam and I are having an argument:
"Really? Well I guess you might get that... IF you ascribe to the axiom of choice..."
"Really? Well I guess you might get that... IF you ascribe to the axiom of choice..."
mwinter
Total posts: 4315
12/17/2006 1:19 AM
Drew
Total posts: 5110
12/17/2006 5:57 AM
Well I think you suck. Damn liberal media.
Oscar
Total posts: 1323
12/18/2006 10:56 AM
mwinter
Total posts: 4315
12/18/2006 1:09 PM
acelxix
Total posts: 2394
12/19/2006 6:18 PM
[as listed on google]Now Showing in Berlin: Muhammad Beheaded Is it just me or does this article seem racist? It's offensive to muslims: be wary of bomb threats! Oh and by the way Jesus and Bhudda get beheaded too. No worries though followers of those religions aren't muslims. After all