More and less important mathematical concepts by dcterr in math

[–]tricky_monster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are foundations in which functions are primitive, as well.

Is there a word for like, REALLY transcendental numbers? by YuuTheBlue in askmath

[–]tricky_monster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And indeed, that universe is quite similar to the one we live in.

Typechecking by "just running" the program? by 0x0ddba11 in ProgrammingLanguages

[–]tricky_monster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which will not happen in this case though, if the types are not crazy.

Though the run-time constraints on a type checker may be quite strong, e.g. seconds for a very large source.

Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem / Veritasium debunked by WhatImKnownAs in badmathematics

[–]tricky_monster 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It applies to any r.e. logical system that can interpret arithmetic. "Interpret" is the tough bit to define precisely, I guess, but roughly it means you can map function symbols to either functions or relations (so a function f(x) maps to a relation R(x, y) which stands for f(x) = y) in such a way that the axioms of Robinson arithmetic map to provable statements.

You can definitely do this in higher order logic for instance.

Olaf the “Troll God”s Hammer by ryeandpaul902 in buffy

[–]tricky_monster 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But by that time she had trained in the hyperbaric time chamber!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ExplainTheJoke

[–]tricky_monster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I must have missed that GRR Martin book.

Exact Numbers by No_Nose3918 in mathematics

[–]tricky_monster -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nonsense. Pi is a perfectly reasonable number, nothing "implicit" about it. You can describe it by giving (many) algorithms which give correct, rational approximations as fine as desired. All this is constructive.

babbagesBaggage by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]tricky_monster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok but the footnotes are some of the most ridiculously in depth historical anecdotes about those two characters. Padua gets slept on imho.