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Best all time mathematicians/physicists.
There is no such thing as the best mathematicians/physicists imho. There are some great ones like Newton and Einstein but we are all standing on the shoulder of the giants.- afton
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- Forum: General Math
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High School 1+1=2: Is There a Proof or Acceptance?
Still a circular argument :-) "being one more..." contains "one" in the sentence. Imho the difficulties is from defining what is 'one'. If we somehow can arrive at a definition of what is 'one' (in which Godel's Incompletness Theorem said we can't) proving 1+1=2 would be much easier- afton
- Post #19
- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
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High School 1+1=2: Is There a Proof or Acceptance?
Why 1+1=2? Why 1+1=2? Mankind built F-16, nuclear bomb, red Ferrari, skycrapers and Apollo satellite based on the assumption of the fact that 1+1=2. But why is it so? I asked a mathematics professor who wrote a book on Proof in Mathematics for university students pointed me to read the...- afton
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- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
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High School 1+1=2: Is There a Proof or Acceptance?
Is there a proof that 1+1 = 2 ? or we just accept it as it is ?- afton
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- Acceptance Proof
- Replies: 34
- Forum: Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
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High School Cause of Gravity: How Does It Work?
What causes gravity?- afton
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- Gravity
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- Forum: Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Undergrad Big Bang: Causes & Reasons Explained
Why did Big Bang happened in the first place?- afton
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- Big bang
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- Forum: Astronomy and Astrophysics