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Re: Alternative area postulate for geometry
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Jul 6, 2012 4:47 PM
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Chess is studied within mathematics, as is Go. Go is especially big
at the systems department at PSU.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17157315@N00/7509362854/in/photostream/
(math book)
Game theory tackles precisely these games. There's Conway's Game of
Life. Wolfram studies whether certain rule sets are "Turing
Complete".
To exclude games from mathematics is like trying to exclude Martin
Gardner from mathematics. Only lesser minds even want to try.
My point: your silly reflex to eject games like chess from math is
just chucking out a lot of math, all for the sake of your goofy pet
theories, based on nothing but your "gut" (snicker) and a high regard
for whatever comes out of your own head (I'd watch that if I were you
- -- not a justified opinion, based on the trail of litter).
Why not sit back and relax and admit you don't have all the answers.
Nobody does. And that's the truth.
Kirby
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Robert Hansen <bob@rsccore.com> wrote:
> Something obviously drives mathematics everywhere, independently and with the same notions. You can't say that for chess, monopoly or bridge. Maybe for catch and tag.
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> Bob Hansen
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> On Jul 6, 2012, at 3:49 PM, kirby urner wrote:
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>>> Well, that should delineate games from math pretty well then. Games do not
>>> have notions.
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>>> Bob Hansen
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>> You crank out these dumb ideas thick and fast, I grant you that.
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>> Pretty facile. But not buying for a second, Mr. Know-It-All (smirk).
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>> Kirby
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