Re: Division by zero. Go ahead and laugh.

From: Will Twentyman (wtwentyman_at_read.my.sig)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:47:45 -0400

Lefty wrote:
>>>Physics should be a mathematics in it's own right.
>>
>>Why do you insist on confusing the description with the thing described.
>>The map is NOT the territory. The word is NOT the thing.
>>
>>Physics has to be about the physical world, not just a gossimer pattern
>>of abstraction.
>
> Physics shall be built upon axioms which have, as a foundation, the solid
> bedrock of reality to rest upon.

There is only one axiom: If it does not accurately describe/predict what
we observe, it is wrong. Physics does not work the same way math does.
  It uses math as a tool, but it is not math.

>
> Physics as we know it is an importation of of abstractions into the real
> physical universe. Why must you confuse these worlds ?
>
> Using traditional physics, I ask you this question. "Is space/time
> contuinuous ?"
>
> The tools you have at you rdisposal are INADEQUATE to answer this, because
> physics is not "a" math. It MUST be made "a math" unto itself.
>
> I have no axe to grind with engineers or accountants. But I will say this,
> they are all WRONG. Their usage of mathematics is NOT rigorous. I do not
> know if mathematics has ever been applied to solve a physical problem with
> rigor. Maybe combinatorics, I dont know.

Could you provide an example? I've never seen a non-rigorous use of
math in physics. 

-- 
Will Twentyman
email: wtwentyman at copper dot net

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