Re: Why float is called as 'float', not 'real'?


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On 2007-03-29 18:59:37 -0300, "Lane Straatman" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:


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I expect that a better technical description is that he showed that the
continuum hypothesis to be independent of the axiom of choice. To say that
it could be either asserted or denied and that both possibilities could
lead
to consistent systems has a rather different sound than to say that it
could
not be decided even if both seem to have the same meaning. Common usage
and technical usage do not always coincide. The existance of the differing
systems do not lead to distinctions which are of great import to most
working
analysts even if they upset a few apple carts in the lands of the
logicians.
Incompleteness was long established by that time so the interest was more
that
both possibilities lead to consistent models. Conjecture is the technical
name for disagreement and there are many conjectures some of which are
awaiting
proof and others awaiting either proof or disproof.
You're correct here.

It is this misinterpreting very technical statements as if they were
phrased
as common statements has lead to many of the problems that have drawn
responses
for you here. Many words have lots of definitions in the dictionary but
that
does not mean that an arbitrary selection can be made out of context at
will
at any time with the result treated as any beyond randomly generated text.
I think what drives your response is a disbelief that a number on a computer
could be something other than rational. I believe differently and think
that the math lines up behind me (see upthread).
--
LS


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