Timeline for Does the Axiom of Choice (or any other "optional" set theory axiom) have real-world consequences?
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| Feb 15, 2019 at 12:14 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | The Hamming quote may be in R. W. Hamming, Mathematics on a Distant Planet, The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 105, No. 7 (Aug. - Sep., 1998), pp. 640-650. | |
| Jun 9, 2010 at 3:27 | comment | added | KConrad | The Riemann vs. Lebesgue issue is a story about Hamming. He said that if the structural integrity of a particular airplane turned on the distinction between Riemann and Lebesgue integrals, he wouldn't fly in it. For an exact quote and citation, see the list of quotes on the wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamming. (Now no longer there, but see en.wikipedia.org/w/… One source seems to be N. Rose, Mathematical Maxims and Minims (Raleigh NC 1988).) | |
| Jun 9, 2010 at 2:33 | comment | added | John Stillwell | According to Rota's Discrete Thoughts, page 2, F.P. Ramsey asked Wittgenstein: "Suppose a contradiction were to be found in the axioms of set theory. Do you seriously believe that a bridge would fall down?" I think I've heard the Riemann v. Lebesgue variant too, but I can't find the source. | |
| Jun 8, 2010 at 14:54 | history | answered | Gerald Edgar | CC BY-SA 2.5 |