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An approximation, I’d imagine. I wouldn’t expect it to manifest in any real physical sense, any more than I’d expect an actual physical “unit circle” object to
by taneq 1y ago
An approximation, I’d imagine. I wouldn’t expect it to manifest in any real physical sense, any more than I’d expect an actual physical “unit circle” object to have a circumference of exactly two Pi.
- gsf_emergency_2 1y agoIt's as much an approx as any physical measurement is. As for "real world" implications, Hinton probably deserves the physics Nobel more than (the) Hofstadter who predicted this phenom (as a grad student) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%27s_butterfly#:~:text=This%20discontinuity%20is,of%20finite%20size. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%27s_butterfly#:~:te...
- taneq 1y ago> It's as much an approx as any physical measurement is. This is exactly the point I was making, so I agree. :)
- madcaptenor 1y agoFun fact: Douglas Hofstadter's father, Robert, actually did win the physics Nobel.
- anthk 1y agoReal world has a measured 'pi' everywhere; from electromagnetics to probability.