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|    Ross Finlayson to Physfitfreak    |
|    Re: The Suspicious Journals of Ross A. K    |
|    05 Apr 25 17:12:30    |
      [continued from previous message]              >>>>>>>>> back in numbers for "standard infinitesimals" here called       >>>>>>>>> "iota-values".       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> Then, this is totally simple and looks like f(n) = n/d,       >>>>>>>>> for n goes from zero to d and d goes to infinity, this       >>>>>>>>> is a limit of functions for this function which is not-       >>>>>>>>> a- real- function yet is a nonstandard function and that       >>>>>>>>> has real analytical character, it's a discrete function       >>>>>>>>> that's integrable and whose integral equals 1, it illustrates       >>>>>>>>> a doubling-space according to measure theory in the measure       >>>>>>>>> problem,       >>>>>>>>> it's its own anti-derivative so all the tricks about the       >>>>>>>>> exponential       >>>>>>>>> function in functional analysis have their usual methods about it,       >>>>>>>>> it's also a pdf and CDF of the natural integers at uniform random,       >>>>>>>>> of which there are others, because there are at least three laws       >>>>>>>>> of large numbers, at least three Cantor spaces, at least three       >>>>>>>>> models of continuous domains, and, at least three probability       >>>>>>>>> distributions of the naturals at uniform random.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> So, "iota-values" are not the same thing as the raw differential,       >>>>>>>>> which differential analysts will be very familiar with as usually       >>>>>>>>> not- the- raw- differential yet only as under the integral bar       >>>>>>>>> in the formalism, yet representing about the solidus or divisor       >>>>>>>>> bar       >>>>>>>>> the relation of two quantities algebraically, then indeed there's       >>>>>>>>> that "iota-values" are as of some "standard infinitesimals", yet       >>>>>>>>> only under the limit of function the "natural/unit equivalency       >>>>>>>>> function"       >>>>>>>>> the N/U EF, about [0,1]. This thus results a model of       >>>>>>>>> a continuous domain "line reals" to go along with the usual       >>>>>>>>> standard       >>>>>>>>> linear curriculum's "field reals" then furthermore later there's       >>>>>>>>> a "signal reals" of at least these three models of continuous       >>>>>>>>> domains.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> The usual demonstration after introducing the repeating terminus       >>>>>>>>> and using algebra to demonstrate a fact about arithmetic,       >>>>>>>>> is good for itself, and is one of the primary simplifications       >>>>>>>>> of the linear curriculum, yet as a notation, it's natural that       >>>>>>>>> two different systems of notation can see it variously, then       >>>>>>>>> that it merely demands a sort of book-keeping, to disambiguate it.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> If you ever wonder why mathematics didn't have one of these,       >>>>>>>>> or, two of these as it were together, it does, and it's only       >>>>>>>>> a particular field of mathematics sort of absent the       >>>>>>>>> super-classical       >>>>>>>>> and infinitary reasoning, that doesn't.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> Then at least we got particle/wave duality as super-classical,       >>>>>>>>> then Zeno's classical expositions of the super-classical were       >>>>>>>>> just given as that the infinite limit as introduced in       >>>>>>>>> pre-calculus       >>>>>>>>> said we could ignore the deductive result that it really must       >>>>>>>>> complete,       >>>>>>>>> the geometric series.       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> Then again, one can define the reals as the convergences of       >>>>>>>> uncountably infinitely many infinite series. There is no differece       >>>>>>>> between 0.999... and 1, they are simply two different       >>>>>>>> representations       >>>>>>>> of the same mathematical object.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Bullshit. The point in question is exactly whether what you say is       >>>>>>> bullshit :)       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> The answer to the baby problem shows, quite simply, that X is indeed       >>>>>>> 0.9999... and _certainly_ not 1.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Physics, only in its most useful form for humans, can speak for       >>>>>>> mathematics (that's where 1 + 1 equals 2 comes from - from direct       >>>>>>> observation by humans); and mathematics in general does not speak       >>>>>>> for       >>>>>>> physics at any level, for human or for future superhumans and AI       >>>>>>> all. It       >>>>>>> is only rarely used when techniques developed in math would help       >>>>>>> physics       >>>>>>> in its use for humans to eventually solve problems, again for       >>>>>>> humans.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> If you need help seeing the above baby problem's answer, then beg       >>>>>>> for       >>>>>>> it :)       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>> No, don't be making problems when there's a mis-understanding.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> It is so that the modern model of real numbers is as of       >>>>>> "equivalence classes of sequences with the property of being Cauchy",       >>>>>> then as with regards to whether both least-upper-bound property and       >>>>>> measure 1.0 are stipulated rather than derived, has that here it's       >>>>>> acknolwedged that LUB is stipulated and measure 1.0 is stipulated       >>>>>> with regards to the objects of analysis meeting the objects of       >>>>>> geometry,       >>>>>> where for example Hilbert says "there must be a postulate       >>>>>> of continuity" as with regards to Leibniz' "there _is_ a principle       >>>>>> of perfection".       >>>>>>       >>>>>> Then, Dedekind is considered a sort of mere hanger-on and it's so       >>>>>> that models of reals as Dedekind cuts are considered shallow and       >>>>>> as after an assignment that presumes what it intends to demonstrate.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> Two wrongs is two wrongs.       >>>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>       >>>>>       >>>>> But I (and my past audience in that linux newsgroup) am not that       >>>>> concerned to go that much down into the nitty gritty of this thing.       >>>>> The       >>>>> point in my blog there was to test the audience whether they were       >>>>> actually "programmers" like a programmer really is, or they were mere       >>>>> "code monkeys" hired by real programmers, to receive the menial       >>>>> parts of       >>>>> work, yet coming in the scene here in usenet pretending to be       >>>>> programmers. This was the whole point of that blog.       >>>>>       >>>>> And only one among them, Farley Flud, proved to be a real       >>>>> programmer. I       >>>>> understood that by watching how he _tackles_ these baby problems.       >>>>> Nobody       >>>>> else there, including many "engineers" and "computer scientists" there       >>>>> were actually programmers.       >>>>>       >>>>> That's the level at which my baby problem was posed. I have not delved       >>>>> (or dived) into deeper areas as you do, and can not understand what       >>>>> you're saying without spending a whole day with my books to review       >>>>> stuff       >>>>> so I could take a good look at it at least. And I won't. Solution to       >>>>> that baby problem doesn't require that level of scrutiny.       >>>>>       >>>>> Would you like to see the solution?       >>>>       >>>>       >>>> You mean what's its model of atomicity?       >>>>       >>>> Yeah, go ahead and uniquify that.       >>>>       >>>>       >>>       >>>       >>> Hahhahhahhahh :-) I like that :) But remember, you should not mistake       >>> Physfit's dick with Physfit! .. Physfit himself never posts to usenet.       >>>       >>>       >>> X = 0.9999...       >>> 10X = (9 +1)0.9999...       >>> 10X = 9(0.9999...) + 0.9999...       >>> after subtraction of first equation from the last one:       >>> 10X - X = 9(0.9999...) + 0.9999... - 0.9999...       >>> 9X = 9(0.9999...)       >>> X = 0.9999...       >>>       >>> Therefore the so called "programmer" of HelloFresh company creating that       >>> test to check whether a robot was ordering or a human, was just a "code       >>> monkey" mistakenly hired as a real programmer.       >>>       >>> But back to what Kosmanson was saying. My question was whether       >>> Kosmanson's concern applied to the fact that 10 times 0.9999... is       >>> really not 9.9999... Cause it's really not 9.999... !       >>>       >>>       >>>       >>>       >>>       >>              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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