Timeline for Derived Physics
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| Jul 1, 2022 at 0:51 | comment | added | paul garrett | "I think I sort-of understand approximation". :) | |
| Mar 12, 2012 at 21:15 | comment | added | user13113 | Maybe I'm being a bit unfair, I've generally found that such sentiment belies a profound misunderstanding of mathematics -- e.g. the idea that mathematicians are incapable of considering the notion of approximation. | |
| Jun 12, 2010 at 7:49 | comment | added | Charles Matthews | I was thinking, for example of ergodic theory, as it appears to different kinds of views. The molecules in the air in my room are not all going to rush into one corner (physics), but in mathematical terms they might, and indeed are expected to for some tiny proportion of "all time". In units of a billion years, it's probably not something for me to worry about. | |
| Jun 11, 2010 at 22:20 | comment | added | Vectornaut | "Ideas such as thermodynamics that are central to certain kinds of physical thinking are not really mathematical possessions, or where they are, may be rather misleading." Why do you say that? | |
| Jun 11, 2010 at 15:26 | history | answered | Charles Matthews | CC BY-SA 2.5 |