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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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7. That and more :)

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #4)

Sat May 25, 2013, 08:20 AM

May 2013

Last edited Sat May 25, 2013, 01:23 PM - Edit history (1)

Math is the chance for the dedicated student to precisely prove his knowledge of the method of a proof or solution and his ignorance of why the world works as it does.

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What are numbers? [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 OP

The human need to make human concepts a reality is pretty interesting. rrneck May 2013 #1

IMHO... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #2

Quotations discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #6

The only things that are really real ismnotwasm May 2013 #3

Smokey had the idea discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #5

Heh! ismnotwasm May 2013 #10

Math is a complex and universal language in order that we can communicate as precisely Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #4

That and more :) discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #7

Math is a human trying to measure the distance of God. Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #8

Does anyone know... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #9

Still there; Turns into a particle of course ismnotwasm May 2013 #11

Maybe... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #12

Oh my God ismnotwasm May 2013 #13

That's the particle that... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #14

All kinds of different things are called numbers struggle4progress Jun 2013 #15

Yes but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #16

Dunno. The finite whole numbers admit two interpretations: struggle4progress Jun 2013 #17

Numbers as scalars are also a subset of... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #18

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