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From: Jesse F. Hughes on 7 Apr 2010 23:38 Transfer Principle <lwalke3(a)lausd.net> writes: > I like the name "discrete mathematicians" -- it certainly > sounds much better than "cranks." Some "cranks" who might be > described as "discrete mathematicians" include HdB and RE, > both of whom have criticized Infinity. Those posters who > believe in a smallest real number, such as AP and MR, may be > included with the "discrete mathematicians" as well. AP and Mitch are clearly not mathematicians in any sense at all, discrete or otherwise. I don't recall Han or Russell Easterly speaking on any topics in discrete mathematics, either. The term "discrete mathematician" means something already, you know. I can't see why you think it's reasonable to abuse it so. -- "But remember, as long as one human being follows the rules of mathematics, then mathematics as a human discipline survives. Right now I'm that one human being, so mathematics survives." -- James S. Harris
From: Brian M. Scott on 8 Apr 2010 10:07 On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:08:12 GMT, Christopher Adams <mhacdebhandia(a)yahoo.invalid> wrote in <news:gjVun.17797$pv.14918(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au> in rec.arts.sf.written,sci.math: > Butch Malahide wrote: >> 2. While generatingfunctionology > What are you, German? 'Generatingfunctionology' is the title of a first-rate book on generating functions and combinatorics by Herbert S. Wilf, who so far as I know is American; at any rate he was an undergraduate at MIT and did his graduate work at Columbia. Brian
From: marty.musatov on 8 Apr 2010 06:42 > It doesn't really matter, as the whole situation > is a form of Sci-Fi story, with an attribute called > 'reality'. Think of that! You a character in a story, > or 'hyper-story. And probably trivial, at that. Why probably trivial, at that? If probably trivial, at that, then probably not trivial not at that?
From: marty.musatov on 8 Apr 2010 06:43 > On Apr 3, 1:31 pm, Butch Malahide > <fred.gal...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On Apr 3, 1:59 pm, Christopher Henrich > <chenr...(a)monmouth.com> wrote: > > > I am cross-posting this to sci.math, which needs > a shot in the arm. > > But you should have changed the subject to > something like "calculus > > for discrete mathematicians"; as it is, the > sci.math people are > > probably going to ignore this, another cross-posted > thread with an off- > > topic title. > > I find the concept of "calculus for discrete > mathematicians" > interesting, because there are many sci.math posters, > which > includes finitists and so-called "cranks," who do not > accept > the Axiom of Infinity. Some of them would work in > ZF-Infinity, > but then the standard theorists criticize them > because it's > difficult to axiomatize math for the sciences, which > includes > calculus, in ZF-Infinity. > > Therefore, this "calculus for discrete > mathematicians" will > allow the finitists/"cranks" to perform calculus for > the > sciences in ZF-Infinity. Computer scientists may find > this > useful as well. > > I like the name "discrete mathematicians" -- it > certainly > sounds much better than "cranks." Some "cranks" who > might be > described as "discrete mathematicians" include HdB > and RE, > both of whom have criticized Infinity. Those posters > who > believe in a smallest real number, such as AP and MR, > may be > included with the "discrete mathematicians" as well. And which category do the ones who assign the categories fall under?
From: Butch Malahide on 8 Apr 2010 13:07
On Apr 8, 9:07 am, "Brian M. Scott" <b.sc...(a)csuohio.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:08:12 GMT, Christopher Adams > <mhacdebhan...(a)yahoo.invalid> wrote in > <news:gjVun.17797$pv.14918(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au> in > rec.arts.sf.written,sci.math: > > > Butch Malahide wrote: > >> 2. While generatingfunctionology > > What are you, German? > > 'Generatingfunctionology' is the title of a first-rate book > on generating functions and combinatorics by Herbert S. > Wilf, who so far as I know is American; at any rate he was > an undergraduate at MIT and did his graduate work at > Columbia. Also, and maybe of more interest to the nerds and nerdettes in rasfw, one of Wilf's doctoral students was MTG inventor Richard Garfield. I guess that makes Wilf the grandfather of Magic. |