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| location | Jackson, MS | |
| age | 82 | |
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Originally a philosophy major. Then psychology. Retired electrical engineer (CCNY 1958) with lifetime interest in mathematics and my difficulty with it. Some graduate engineering at NYU. Lots of circuit design in the sixties. Master's in mathematics from Jackson State University in 2009. Planning to start a blog on a radially different view of mathematics and understanding mathematics in 2013 if resolution and finances hold.
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May 19 |
answered | About the type of numbers allowed by axioms and Nature |
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May 8 |
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Is mathematics one big tautology? I seriously propose that mathematics is REPRESENTED as "deductive" for purposes of proof and ideology but is ACTUALLY the PHYSICAL science of QUANTITY and the amazing implications of QUANTITY, from set theory to category theory and as far beyond as humans take it. Many species of animals can distinguish between different small quantities just by looking, without language or training or mathematics. Quantity is the only aspect of physical reality that we can directly sense so do not need to model, which is why so many discoveries can be proven deductively unlike all the other sciences. |
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May 6 |
answered | Conceptual question about a simple probability question |
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May 6 |
answered | Why is the definition of “limit” difficult to understand at first? |
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Apr 25 |
answered | How many types of functions are there |
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Apr 10 |
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Probability to draw cards It would have to be with replacement since the size of the deck was not mentioned. But it sounds strange to say that the card types are independent. How could they not be? |
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Feb 9 |
answered | Doing maths without background knowledge |
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Jan 25 |
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Graph Theory Applications? When people ask about "real world applications" I am always disheartened at their failure to see the curiousness and wonder and enormous potential of mathematics as a thing itself. It's like asking what a baby is good for. It's like the King of England at the world's fair asking Faraday what his "electric motor" is good for. (Faraday's answer was that some day His Majesty will be able to tax it.) The question tacitly denies the reality and potential of mathematics itself. |
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Jan 25 |
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Graph Theory Applications? I strongly suggest that the traditional distinction between "pure" and "applied" mathematics is nonsensical. Mathematics is an extremely interesting and important science. It is not a language. It is not a psychological ("cognitive") phenomenon. It is not a philosophical conundrum. And it is most certainly not an exercise in so-called "deduction" or "logic." Deduction and logic are important of every aspect of our lives. They are by no means peculiar to mathematics. Watch for my forthcoming blog: "Axiomatics is the Enemy of Understanding." |
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Jan 20 |
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Probability: assignment vs. measurement Measurement has nothing to do with abstraction or corporeality. Measurement simply means that we obtain specific valuers as opposed to already knowing a function. It does not matter how they are obtained. In statistics we obtain them from hopefully random observations. In problems that we make up in probability theory or anywhere else, we make up the values arbitrarily or to simplify the solution or for personal taste or just to have values. The philosophers who dreamed up the distinction between abstract and so-called "real world" did the following 12500 generations a terrible disservice. |
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Jan 20 |
answered | Learning basic math? |
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Jan 20 |
answered | How do I “learn” more difficult algebra? |
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Dec 20 |
answered | Probability: assignment vs. measurement |
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Nov 29 |
answered | Why do you need to specify that a coin is fair? |
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Nov 9 |
answered | What concepts were most difficult for you to understand in Calculus? |
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Oct 25 |
answered | How to present math as something interesting? |
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Oct 24 |
answered | Real World Usage Examples and Historical Origin of Beginning Algebra (HS Algebra I and II) |
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Oct 19 |
answered | Difference between permutation and combination? |
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Oct 19 |
answered | Difference between “intercept” and “intersect” |
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Oct 19 |
answered | What rational number is between these two real numbers? |
