Re: does sqrt(2) exist in CM?

tchow_at_lsa.umich.edu
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: 15 Feb 2005 21:54:41 GMT

In article <1108500848.830038.313970@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
 <examachine@gmail.com> wrote:
>I read the proofs and studied the construction a long time ago. Should
>I be now "proving" that to you, because of Torkel's silly posts?

I've studied lots of mathematics a long time ago that I later forgot the
details of. But when the time comes to discuss them, I have to go back
and review the material to make sure I don't spout nonsense.

What does it matter whether Torkel is a gadfly or if you thought I was
being condescending? Getting the statement of Chaitin's theorem right
is a worthwhile thing, so why not do it? 

-- 
Tim Chow       tchow-at-alum-dot-mit-dot-edu
The range of our projectiles---even ... the artillery---however great, will
never exceed four of those miles of which as many thousand separate us from
the center of the earth.  ---Galileo, Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences

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