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For integers, the obvious notion of equivalence is numerical equality. Then (by the assumed properties of equality) it follows that. But it’s a fundamental claim that we’re making—that can be thought of as a matter of naturalscience—that in our universe only computation can occur, not hypercomputation.
When the universe was first created, there was an equal amount of matter and antimatter, but currently, there is more matter than antimatter, despite the fact that when they touch they both annihilate. Neutrinos have nearly no mass, have no charge, and travel at near lightspeed, so they are very hard to detect.
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No doubt there’ll at least be some “natural-science-like” characterizations of what’s going on. But when things are instead done by AIs or bots, there’s no such need for computational reducibility. Will there still be “human-level descriptions” that involve numbers? 1,I}]; thick=weight/len; rec= #+mid&/@(RotationMatrix[angle]. #&/@{{-len/2,-
And if we’re going to make a “general theory of mathematics” a first step is to do something like we’d typically do in naturalscience, and try to “drill down” to find a uniform underlying model—or at least representation—for all of them. and at t steps gives a total number of rules equal to: ✕. ✕.
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This proof is easily obtained, however, by the method which I am about to explain… (He gives a long footnote explaining why Maxwell might be wrong, talking about how a sequence of collisions might lead to a “cycle of velocity states”—which Maxwell hasn’t proved will be traversed with equal probability in each direction.
Documented trends also demonstrate an overall national decline in completion of naturalscience degrees, in the granting of doctoral degrees in the sciences, in the authoring of scientific papers and in our share of international patents. . Equally challenging is the predicament of the American science teacher.
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