4 ms·
By that logic, it doesn't even need real numbers. Just do everything with cauchy sequences of rationals.
by sebzim4500 4y ago
By that logic, it doesn't even need real numbers. Just do everything with cauchy sequences of rationals.
- whatshisface 4y agoBut you can't really disagree with that. It's wrong to say that physics "needs" any one thing in particular when you can construct it from other things, and use them instead.
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- jiggawatts 4y agoSomething I've always wondered is: what is the weakest algebra that could be used to model physics? E.g.: Are nationals sufficient? Integers? Finite integers?
- Koshkin 4y agoSure, but like what they say about Lisp, you are then bound to reinvent the complex numbers, poorly.