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Mathematicians Discovered a Computer Problem that No One Can Ever Solve
livescience.com ^
| January 11, 2019 08:08am ET
| By Rafi Letzter,
Posted on 01/12/2019 5:15:03 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: Uncle Lonny
I would solve the problem but I am kind of busy today. Cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet. [I have discovered a truly remarkable proof of this theorem which this margin is too small to contain.]
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01/12/2019 5:58:30 AM PST
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: BenLurkin
Now you’ve done it. I’ m gonna be up all night pondering this. :-)
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posted on
01/12/2019 5:58:46 AM PST
by
Vinnie
To: BenLurkin
Thanks for the thought-provoking article.
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posted on
01/12/2019 5:59:41 AM PST
by
ptsal
To: EEGator
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posted on
01/12/2019 6:01:02 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(You know, when I advised Democrats to vote AFTER Nov 6th, I didn't think they'd actually DO it.)
To: BenLurkin
Yeah. Me too.
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posted on
01/12/2019 6:02:12 AM PST
by
Louis Foxwell
(The denial of the authority of God is the central plank of the Progressive movement.)
To: BenLurkin
There are an infinite # of Integers
There are an infinite # of real numbers
Between each Integer there are an infinite number of real numbers.
The # of Real Numbers is therefore Infinity * Infinity
Whats between Infinity and Infinity squared?
That's not without getting into Complex Numbers
Back to drinking my coffee
To: DoodleBob
That was great. It was just like watching it the first time.
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posted on
01/12/2019 6:02:38 AM PST
by
Radix
(Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents)
Numbers make me angry
There is like too many and stuff
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posted on
01/12/2019 6:02:53 AM PST
by
dsrtsage
(For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
To: Bitman
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posted on
01/12/2019 6:02:53 AM PST
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
To: DoodleBob
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posted on
01/12/2019 6:04:08 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(We're low on dimes in fun city.)
To: EEGator
Chuckles. Just watched that. Apparently we lost completely.
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posted on
01/12/2019 6:04:29 AM PST
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
To: wally_bert
My favorite TV series ever!
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posted on
01/12/2019 6:05:36 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: DoodleBob
Nomads programming got damaged. It didnt discover it and it committed more errors.
Its quest for ultimate perfection resulted in its own destruction.
A perfect probe condemned by the unknowables of its own programming.
Logic itself can be undermined by the existence of paradox.
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posted on
01/12/2019 6:05:52 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Bitman
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01/12/2019 6:06:47 AM PST
by
Ciaphas Cain
(FreeRepublic.com is the most-used app on my iPhone.)
To: BenLurkin
Our base 10 number system is a flawed model. It has gaps everywhere that we need to just think around. Like the square root of negative one. It can’t represent PI or even 2/3. So we have invented a few patches. Some of the patches drive computers nuts, like 5/0. Computers always check to make sure that they do not divide by zero. But division is something that is unnatural to computers. They can do it, but very awkwardly. Of course multiplication or adding is very simple and fast. One day someone will come up with a better system. It may require more, or different digits. It will certainly not be based ten.
But our math does pretty good for the physical world we live.
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01/12/2019 6:07:26 AM PST
by
poinq
To: P.O.E.
One of the best ever made.
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01/12/2019 6:08:21 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(We're low on dimes in fun city.)
To: Alas Babylon!
"I simply accept infinite means what it means." Yeah but, maybe infinite doesn't mean what it means... Like, maybe this isn't Saturday... Maybe it's really Tuesday... Maybe up isn't really that, but in fact, it's down...hmmmm
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01/12/2019 6:09:46 AM PST
by
unread
(Joe McCarthy was right.......)
To: wally_bert
Loved this dial
Gotta get one for my computer
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posted on
01/12/2019 6:12:05 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both)
To: Sirius Lee
When engineering meets the number of transistors that can fit on a chip...
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posted on
01/12/2019 6:12:31 AM PST
by
null and void
(If they don't respect our borders, why would you expect them to respect our National Parks, or us?)
To: BenLurkin
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