Re: [LINK] Numbers limit how accurately digital computers model chaos

On Thursday, 26 September 2019 09:35:45 AEST Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > IMHO, the issue is not mathematics or chaos, it's the state of what passes > for research today. Bernard, would you like to explain that in more detail? David L. ___

Re: [LINK] Numbers limit how accurately digital computers model chaos

On 26/09/2019 12:18 am, antonybba...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Antony Barry > antonybbarry at me.com > Mob +61 433 652 400 > > On 25 Sep 2019, at 6:51 pm, David > wrote: > >> We could have a long debate about this! > > Been done. > > The Unreasonable

Re: [LINK] Numbers limit how accurately digital computers model chaos

On Wednesday, 25 September 2019 16:36:10 AEST Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > As you state, mathematics is a language, a model, of the real world. It may > exist on its own in the real world (you can get a degree in the subject), but > like any other language, its use is as a representation or

Re: [LINK] Numbers limit how accurately digital computers model chaos

On 25/09/2019 3:11 pm, David wrote: >> All mathematics involves intellectual models / mind-stuff. >> Mathematics is not, and not of, the real world. > Now that's a very brave assertion IMO. It can also be argued the reason why > mathematics allows us to model the real-world so successfully is