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Oh definitely. Thinking it about it more it’s clear that part of my comment was I’ll thought out. I was attempting to wonder if mathematics would have develop
by sykh 8y ago
Oh definitely. Thinking it about it more it’s clear that part of my comment was I’ll thought out. I was attempting to wonder if mathematics would have developed enough theory behind it in a universe in which low degree polynomials were difficult to solve or in which most applicable problems involved high degree polynomials. I think the answer is yes.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoI’ll thought out = ill thought out You must be posting from a phone. #damnauto-corrupt
- sykh 8y agoI am! Thanks for catching that mistake.
- whatshisface 8y agoWhat-if questions about the conclusions (as opposed to the axioms) of math being different rarely lead to insight, because they unpin too much. The results mostly depend on whatever else you had to change to keep your primary change from contradicting anything. If all you changed was physics, the Taylor series thing would put quadratics right back into their position of importance.