Re: Han's startling new set theory.


cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > Note that mathematics in general, does make testable predictions.

> In what sense is "the square root of 2 is an irrational number" a
> testable prediction?

It makes the testable prediction that for all positive integers p,q,

|p^2 - 2q^2| >= 1

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