Moses was high on drugs: Israeli researcher
Alberto Monteiro
albmont at centroin.com.br
Thu Mar 6 03:42:55 PST 2008
David Hobby wrote:
>
> Before I attempt a definition, tell me: Are mathematical
> objects "real"? (Say the square roots of -1.)
>
Of course not. _i_ is not real. -1 is not real (in the mundane
sense of real). pi is not real. 10^10^100 is not real.
sqrt(2) is not real. 7/4 is not real. 0 is not real.
1,3,4,5, etc are not real.
I am not sure about 2.
Alberto Monteiro
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