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yeah, physics proofs (and the scientific method in general) rely on empirical data whereas mathematical proofs rely on deductive reasoning from existing proven
by beaconstudios 10y ago
yeah, physics proofs (and the scientific method in general) rely on empirical data whereas mathematical proofs rely on deductive reasoning from existing proven statements. It's literally the opposite approach.
- cvoss 10y agoThe article makes no mention of any proposed experiments. It sounds like the physicists are just using their understanding of the mathematics of quantum physics along with their intuition about such physical systems to guide the search for a rigorous proof. (cf. the article's discussion of PT-symmetric matrices)
- beaconstudios 10y agogood point, I just re-read the article and you're right. They must be approaching the problem from a theoretical basis.