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Monday, August 16, 2010

Does Arithmetic Need to Be Saved?

Arithmetic broken? Provocative little piece via Richard James. In New Scientist: "...Mathematicians are facing a stark choice – embrace monstrous infinite entities or admit the basic rules of arithmetic are broken...". As you might expect this is philosophic rather than immediately practical, but if worth looking at if the mere thought intrigues you.

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