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From: Han.deBruijn on 15 Oct 2006 13:39 imaginatorium(a)despammed.com schreef: > You have been told, probably hundreds of times now: mathematics is the > study of consistent abstract systems. If you don't like that, push off > to sci.physics, or alt.crystal-gazing. The funny thing is that you are not in the position to DICTATE what mathematics is, especially not in a FREE forum like 'sci.math'. If you don't like that, push off to a censored forum like 'sci.math.research'. Han de Bruijn
From: Virgil on 15 Oct 2006 14:43 In article <1160931837.468018.288250(a)m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>, Han.deBruijn(a)DTO.TUDelft.NL wrote: > It would save me a lot of time if some people here start to ignore me. > > Han de Bruijn If you stop posting here, everyone here will start ignoring you.
From: Virgil on 15 Oct 2006 14:45 In article <1160932984.428777.57670(a)f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, Han.deBruijn(a)DTO.TUDelft.NL wrote: > But, ah, Dik and others, you should _know_ that by now! After having > endured my sci.math postings since 1989. I've posted essentially the > same message over and over again for more than 15 years! > > Han de Bruijn If you haven't made any converts yet, maybe your Gospel is unsellable.
From: Virgil on 15 Oct 2006 14:48 In article <1160933229.072292.316580(a)e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>, Han.deBruijn(a)DTO.TUDelft.NL wrote: > Dik T. Winter schreef: > > > In article <1160856895.115824.134080(a)b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> > > Han.deBruijn(a)DTO.TUDelft.NL writes: > > > stephen(a)nomail.com schreef: > > > > Dik T. Winter <Dik.Winter(a)cwi.nl> wrote: > > ... > > > > > Pray warn me when 2 has changed sufficiently to be the square of a > > > > > rational. > > > > > I would not like to miss that moment. > > > > > > > > The day the circle is squared cannot be to far behind. > > > > > > Come on, guys! You all know that, in the world of approximations, > > > 2 _is_ the square of a rational and the circle _is_ squared. > > > > I thought you were talking mathematics? > > I thought approximations were a part of mathematics? > > Han de Bruijn But approximations are not all of mathematics in the way that HdB preaches, and "approximately equal" is still mathematically distinguishable from "exactly equal".
From: Virgil on 15 Oct 2006 14:50
In article <1160933968.829143.108720(a)f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, Han.deBruijn(a)DTO.TUDelft.NL wrote: > imaginatorium(a)despammed.com schreef: > > > You have been told, probably hundreds of times now: mathematics is the > > study of consistent abstract systems. If you don't like that, push off > > to sci.physics, or alt.crystal-gazing. > > The funny thing is that you are not in the position to DICTATE what > mathematics is, especially not in a FREE forum like 'sci.math'. If you > don't like that, push off to a censored forum like 'sci.math.research'. > He does not have to dictate what is common knowledge among mathematicians. |