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I guess it's a matter of perspective. Historically, we discovered real numbers first and derived the others by deleting an axiom. But...

You are summing to n not to infinity. Convergence doesn't come into play. A finite expansion will have a finite number of terms and in...

My understanding is that adding or strengthening an axiom produces these objects. They are in a sense odd edge cases that pop up when...

Doesn't this come from the series being finite binary expansion? Being finite it will sum to a finite number.

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-world-source-quantum.html

The bottom line is that computer systems can NEVER promise that your data will be safe. Try as they might, there will always be a...

There's a book on learning strategies called Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel. It distills...

jedishrfu I was studying & doing assignments ahead in part because of fear of being short on time. I had a part time or more job at...

My favorite anecdote was while in middle school in Spanish class, I finished up some homework slipped it away. I decided to draw from...

MENTOR NOTE: This thread has been split into two parts. This part discusses the Static Equilibrium and is now closed, while the...

Try looking for arithmetic systems without the induction axiom but based on the other three.

When Stillwell says there are alien objects, he means the objects that mysteriously appear when you strengthen an axiom. Applying some...

It looks like we have reached the utter boundaries of discussion on this topic and so it's a good time to close it. The PF Mentor...

Please read our site guidelines regarding homework requests. We do not provide answers, only hints. But here's the big one: You must...

Tom Swift Sr. or Tom Swift Jr.? :cool: When I was in elementary school, my parents bought me some of the Tom Swift Jr. series which...