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> It essentially means restricting yourself to math that can be described as a (possibly infinite) algorithm. I'm confused. My impression is that it is the oth
by blux 10y ago
> It essentially means restricting yourself to math that can be described as a (possibly infinite) algorithm.
I'm confused. My impression is that it is the other way around where irrational numbers and operations like sine, square root etc. are infinite 'algorithms'?
- empath75 10y agoYeah, but there's a difference between saying there exists in reality some exact value for the square root of 2, and saying that it's possible to calculate the square root of 2 to arbitrary precision.