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Yes but there must be a actual rigorous notion of this. Like epsilon delta limits in calculus. Close doesn't cut it mathematically, for example what would "very
by jfaucett 9y ago
Yes but there must be a actual rigorous notion of this. Like epsilon delta limits in calculus. Close doesn't cut it mathematically, for example what would "very low" mean in your example? 1e-20 is very low, but not very low compared to 1e-30000.
- smichel17 9y agoThe article addresses this: > There’s no precise definition of a near miss. There can’t be. A hard and fast rule doesn’t make sense in the wobbly real world. For now, Kaplan relies on a rule of thumb when looking for new near-miss Johnson solids: “the real, mathematical error inherent in the solid is comparable to the practical error that comes from working with real-world materials and your imperfect hands.” In other words, if you succeed in building an impossible polyhedron—if it’s so close to being possible that you can fudge it—then that polyhedron is a near miss. In other parts of mathematics, a near miss is something that is close enough to surprise or fool you, a mathematical joke or prank.