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Note that the comments thread below the article addresses some of the natural objections to the novel results exhibited in the post.
by mturmon 7y ago
Note that the comments thread below the article addresses some of the natural objections to the novel results exhibited in the post.
- quotemstr 7y agoIn particular, > the real number is not given by an infinite sequence that is actually written down anywhere, but rather as an algorithm, or a black box, which accepts a number n and outputs the n-th digit. At no point do I manipulate an infinite amount of information, yet I can look at any digit I want. Of course, I cannot look at all digits in a finite time, which is sort of the point of the post.