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njwildberger.com
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| | | | | There are several approaches to the modern theory of "real numbers". Unfortunately, none of them makes complete sense. One hundred years ago, there was vigorous discussion about the ambiguities with them and Cantor's theory of "infinite sets". As time went by, the debate subsided but the difficulties didn't really go away. A largely unquestioning uniformity... | |
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henrikwarne.com
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| | | | | Before I read The Man from the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya, I only knew about John von Neumann in two contexts: that computers use the von Neumann architecture, and that he appeared in a story about a mathematical problem I remember from many years ago. After reading it, I understand what a genius he was,... | |
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terrytao.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Don't just read it; fight it! Ask your own questions, look for your own examples, discover your own proofs. Is the hypothesis necessary? Is the converse true? What happens in the classical sp... | |
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blog.nuclearsecrecy.com
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| | | My new article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists outlines the history of casualty estimation attempts, and why they have been inherently fraught. | ||