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Re: Definition of Mathematics
Posted:
Feb 28, 2012 8:16 PM
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On Feb 28, 7:14 pm, PotatoSauce <kiwisqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 28, 6:45 pm, Tony Orlow <bonyto...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Feb 28, 10:41 am, Frederick Williams
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> > <freddywilli...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > > Tony Orlow wrote:
> > > > Mathematics is the application of logical methods to the study of
> > > > quantitative entities?
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> > > Plenty of mathematics isn't quantitative, point-set topology, for
> > > example.
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> > Oh. How do you specify a point in your topology? It isn't an n-tuple
> > of quantitative dimensional coordinates, by any chance, is it?
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> No.
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How very monosyllabic of you.
How do you specify a point in point-set topology?
What distinguishes one point from another?
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