Timeline for What is "Data" involved in a mathematical construction?
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| Apr 16, 2013 at 18:36 | comment | added | pre-kidney | Sure, just the same way I am notified in advance what a "vector" is, what a "bundle" is, what a "Topological space" is, etc. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 13:41 | comment | added | Angelo | You would like to be notified in advance? | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 0:22 | comment | added | pre-kidney | I like the concept of your answer, but no, it doesn't make perfect sense to me. If I'm understanding you correctly, you're saying that "data" is a synonym for "given". So my objection here is that this doesn't seem to match practical usage of the term "data", outside of mathematics. So are mathematicians using their own vocabulary here? This is where my confusion stems from. For instance, if I know what the word "notebook" means, and then I talk to some mathematician and they use the word "notebook" to mean "French horn", I would like to be notified in advance. That's all. | |
| Apr 15, 2013 at 4:54 | history | answered | Angelo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |