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As a computer scientist this is not surprising either. After all there are only three numbers: 0 1 and n.
by fouronnes3 2y ago
As a computer scientist this is not surprising either. After all there are only three numbers: 0 1 and n.
- 360MustangScope 2y agoYou mean the legendary “i”. There is no n.
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- de_nied 2y agoYea if you're some classical snob. - Posted by the quantum gang
- pansa2 2y agoRemember that `i` is also a number. As in `for i = 0 to n`. Don’t believe those mathematicians when they tell you that `i` is “imaginary”.
- Anarch157a 2y agoAll numbers are imaginary. sqrt(-1) should have been called w, for "weird".
- syockit 2y agoI use w for the complex roots of 1 though, when rewriting FFT notes.
- HPsquared 2y agoAnd int_max
- Maken 2y agoThat's a implementation detail.
- jeffwass 2y agoOne of my old physics professors said something similar - there are only three numbers in the world - 0, 1, and infinity. No wait, zero is just one divided by infinity, so there are only two numbers, zero and one. So if the answer is not zero, it must be one. (ie, how to justify dimensional analysis and ignore any dimensionaless constant). Hysterical, especially for the fact that he quotes 'two' and 'three' in the sentence itself.
- imoverclocked 2y agoHe already got rid of "three" and just needed a little help to get rid of "two." Since we already have 0 and (almost) everything else can just be "one more" than something else, we only need 0 and one more ... or 1. One and Done!
- tymscar 2y agoVery much like lambda calculus
- klabb3 2y agoAnother one would be philosophy: there’s nothing, something and everything. Or logic: ∃, ¬∃ and ∀. Just rambling here, but seems like universal concepts across fields.
- john-aj 2y agoChiming in from theoretical linguistics: it is impossible for natural languages to "count", i.e. make reference to numbers other than 0, 1 or infinity. As an example, there are languages where prenominal genitives are impossible (0). Then, there are languages, such as German, where only one prenominal genitive is possible (1): > Annas Haus > *Annas Hunds Haus Finally, there are languages, such as English, where an infinite number of prenominal genitives are possible (infinity). > Anna's house > Anna's dog's house > Anna's mother's dog's house > Anna's mother's sister's ... dog's house But there are no languages where only two or three prenominal genitives are possible. This property is taken to be part of Universal Grammar, i.e. the genetic/biological/mental system that makes human language possible.
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- ithkuil 2y agoAnd -0 and NaN