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VerifiableC[1] provides Hoare rules for (a large subset[2] of) C that include function calls, pointers and heap allocation, and some amount of concurrency. It does use an extension to Hoare logic, called separation logic, to achieve some o
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The only thing that evolves faster than this virus are the conspiracy theory memes[1] that the internet collectively weaves from circumstantial evidence where more and more compelling narratives become more and more widely shared. I'd
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That's not the correct calculation because you've selected the research lab hypothesis post-facto. The correct calculation is to roll a dice representing all the locations of possible human bat interactions and see how many of th
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I should mention that constructive mathematics, at least when done in dependent type theory, really starts to shine when things that normal mathematicians think of as propositions, are viewed as data. For example, normal mathematicians thi
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Yes, I realize this arguments cuts both ways. One way is that you can write all these theorems in constructive logic, so there is no need for classical axioms. And the other way, is that users should freely use classical axioms because th
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Fermat's last theorem holds constructively. This is because we can take the entire proof an rewrite it using the "classical fragment" of constructive logic[1]. I don't know if the proof of FLT (appears) to use the axio
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A lot of responses are going to say something like "it is mathematics without using the law of the excluded middle, or proof by contradiction" or something like that. They are not technically wrong, but I'd like to offer a d
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Your thoughts are approximately correct. The Godel sentences are of a different character than the continuum hypothesis (CH) because the Godel sentences are simple first-order arithmetic statements, while the CH is a higher-order, a.k.a. an
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I can give it a try. The linked nature article had a lot of details. > > But to my mind, the biggest take-away is that Einstein's Principle of Relativity absolutely requires that conservation can only be on average. > > A
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By this analogy, (non-local) hidden variable theories are the ether of quantum mechanics: The ether determines the true value of simultaneity, and hidden variables determine the true outcomes of measurements. For both theories the physics
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