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Since when do mathematical limitations not apply to the real world? Have you ever tried to square the circle?
by jonathanstrange 8y ago
Since when do mathematical limitations not apply to the real world? Have you ever tried to square the circle?
- ernst_klim 8y agoLet's start with the fact that circles do not exist in the real world.
- jonathanstrange 8y agoWell, that's a quite insubstantial point, to say the least. Mathematical theorems place upper and lower bounds on what is possible in the real world within almost every domain. Of course, there may often be other reasons why something is impossible, too.
- Retra 8y agoThey don't need to exist in mathematics either, but the outcome would be the same. You can't do the real-world analogue of squaring the real-world analogue of a circle.