wil
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12/8/04
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Re: Explanation of some of Zim's ideas.
Posted:
Sep 24, 2000 4:39 AM
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On 14 Sep 2000, Zim Olson wrote:
>Wil:
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>Thanks for your email and interest. I really don't think my ideas are
>that far out.I basically see Mathematics, as it is taught in schools,
>as a science of Application rather than a source of truth. All of
>Mathematics are based on various axioms or assumptions such as
>conceptions of time and a Webster Dictionary like basis of logic. I
>feel no one definiton or set of definitions can ever be 100% all
>inclusive. Thus I see the need in education for exercises and a
>discipline in creative mathematics or a Math. Art.
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>Feel free to respond and ask more questions, I will do my best to
>clarify.
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>Zim Olson
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>On 13 Sep 2000, wil wrote:
>>Zim , I dont know if i understand u . Ive been to your web site and
>it
>>seems without explanation . If you are talking about creativity and
>>mathematics , I dont think that there is anything more creative than
>>mathematics . The biggest question is this time theory of math and
>>creativity what is that about ?
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Perhaps I dont understand what u are saying but what does time have to
do with number theory ? There is a historical perspective but when did
time become a parameter in these things . A prime is a prime is a
prime .
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