Re: ******* TRY THESE SCI.MATH **********
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Date: 01/20/05
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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:35:37 +1000
"Jesse F. Hughes" <jesse@phiwumbda.org> wrote in
>
> > Take any reasonable interpretration of the terms you can to get an answer where possible.
> > If there is ambiguity, state all possible interpretations and answer each.
> >
> >
> >
> > "A random real number will be on a computables list to an infinite number of digits" True / False / Other
> > ____
>
> What the heck does that mean?
Up to how many digits of a given non computable number is it computable?
FINITE / INFINITE
>
> What do you mean by "a random real number"? a non computable apparently random irrational real from 0 to 1.
>
> What do you mean by "a computables list"? the list formed by UTM(member, digit) mod 10 for any UTM.
>
> What do you mean by "to an infinite number of digits"? what portion of the real? finite or infinite
>
> For that matter, what do you mean by "will be"? will be located, found, occur, match ..
>
> I can't begin to guess what all possible interpretations of this
> question might be. Heck, the set of all such possible interpretations
> might be uncountable, near as I can figger.
>
> --
> Jesse F. Hughes
> "It's your choice though, if you do not believe in mathematics, in the
> importance of its healthiness and correctness, then you can just walk
> away now." -- James S Harris, on the Pythagorean Oath
Herc
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