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How can you prove something that isn't real? How is randomness defined as a concept in mathematics?
by _8j50 5y ago
How can you prove something that isn't real? How is randomness defined as a concept in mathematics?
- DavidSJ 5y agoRandomness is usually defined in terms of a probability distribution, which is just a measure where the total mass assigned to all elements adds up to 1.
- majkinetor 5y agoYou can actually only prove unreal things because you impose limitations. Real things can not be proven, but only disproved.
- siver_john 5y agoAs long as you can clearly define your starting axioms you can mathematically prove or disprove anything. The physical example would be to just say, suppose a universe with the same properties of ours exist but where the gravitational constant is twice as large prove whether X can occur in that universe. As far as how randomness is defined I believe that might be field dependent but this is me getting out of my depth (I've only taken a few courses on combinatorics).