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PeroK replied to the thread Undergrad Is infinity a necessary concept?.Finitism seems more of an intellectual exercise than an attempt to progress mathematics. -
I don't understand why is infinity a problem. Sure, it is not intuitive and sometimes it complicates things. But to negate the infinity...
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PeroK reacted to Jaime Rudas's post in the thread Undergrad Is infinity a necessary concept? with
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No, it isn't. According to the Big Bang theory, the universe could be either finite or infinite. -
PeroK replied to the thread Undergrad Why the initial choice matters in the Monty Hall problem.One of the problems is that many people want to see probability as an abstract or intuitive notion of belief. Whereas, for a game like...
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PeroK reacted to FactChecker's post in the thread Undergrad Why the initial choice matters in the Monty Hall problem with Like.
If Monty is allowed to play games, that changes everything and brings game theory into the equation. In that case, there is no way to...
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PeroK reacted to Ibix's post in the thread Undergrad Why the initial choice matters in the Monty Hall problem with Like.
AFAIK, the big difference between the problem and the gameshow is that Monty had other options besides just "open a door". The problem...
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Considering that the set of integers (which are the simplest math entities) is infinite, I would say that yes, infinity is necessary in...
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PeroK reacted to Nugatory's post in the thread Undergrad Is infinity a necessary concept? with Like.
There isn’t any single “the concept” of infinity in math. There are multiple concepts, all of which have rigorous definitions that...
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PeroK reacted to Matterwave's post in the thread Undergrad Is infinity a necessary concept? with Like.
I mean, the fact that the world of mathematicians generally work with infinities on a daily basis should tell you something about its...
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PeroK replied to the thread Undergrad Meaning of division by non-whole real numbers.One can postulate that nature can do real numbers and base their existence and divisibility from that. However, most real numbers are...
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PeroK reacted to Matterwave's post in the thread Undergrad Meaning of division by non-whole real numbers with Like.
Yeah, I agree that if given segments x and y and 1, then we should be able to construct xy, x/y. But I wonder if the ancients were so...
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PeroK reacted to Matterwave's post in the thread Undergrad Meaning of division by non-whole real numbers with Like.
Genuine question here as I am not so familiar with this view of things. Would this bring into question constructable vs...
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PeroK reacted to Liam_'s post in the thread Double slit experiment with single electrons and no observation with Like.
This comes from a misapprehension of the meaning of “observation”. Whether you look at it or not is irrelevant because that is not what...
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I don't know about the compliance standards, but the new format is harder to read. I have run into this before. Here are before/after...
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PeroK replied to the thread Announcement PF Style 2026.Definitely looks like something from the 1980's. I'm getting IBM mainframe green-screen vibes.