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Re: Why Math Rocks

From Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info>
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Subject Re: Why Math Rocks
Date 2016-04-05 08:53 +0000
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On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:19:01 +0200, Poutnik wrote:

> 
> Math as a language is not weak, but a powerful tool,
> useful for ( but not limited to ) describing of relations
> between observed quantities.
> 

The main purpose of science is PREDICTION rather than DESCRIPTION,
and the inability to solve most equations analytically is a failure
in prediction, and hence our ability to control the world.






> Try to develop QED, quantum chemistry or GR without math.
> 
> What may be weak is math interpretation and implementation.
> 
> And what definitely is weak is math implementation
> by degradation to aritmetic over limited set of rational numbers
> as that is what FPUs do.
> 
> In fact, FPUs do not know anything about non rational numbers
> like sqrt(2) or trancendent ones as pi or e.
> 
> I put aside high level computer languages or SW
> for symbolic operation over algebraic notations.

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Why Math Rocks Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-04-01 19:01 -0500
  Re: Why Math Rocks jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-02 01:22 +0000
  Re: Why Math Rocks Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-02 06:14 +0000
    Re: Why Math Rocks Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 08:23 +0200
      Re: Why Math Rocks Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-02 12:43 +0000
        Re: Why Math Rocks Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 15:13 +0200
          Re: Why Math Rocks Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 15:38 +0200
            Re: Why Math Rocks Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 15:46 +0200
          Re: Why Math Rocks Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-02 18:48 +0000
            Re: Why Math Rocks Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 21:12 +0200
              Re: Why Math Rocks Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-02 19:28 +0000
                Re: Why Math Rocks Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 22:27 +0200
                Re: Why Math Rocks Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-04 10:55 +0000
                Re: Why Math Rocks Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-04 19:19 +0200
                Re: Why Math Rocks Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-05 08:53 +0000
                Re: Why Math Rocks Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-04-05 10:44 -0500
                Re: Why Math Rocks Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-05 23:43 +0200
                Re: Why Math Rocks Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-04-05 17:25 -0500
                Re: Why Math Rocks Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-06 07:50 +0200
                Re: Why Math Rocks Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-05 23:16 +0200
                Re: Why Math Rocks Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-04-05 17:10 -0500
                Re: Why Math Rocks Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-10 18:44 +0000
                Re: Why Math Rocks Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 20:49 +0200
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  Re: Why Math Rocks Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-04-02 09:02 -0500
    Re: Why Math Rocks Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 16:30 +0200
    Re: Why Math Rocks benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 12:27 -0400

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