Re: Do Data Models Need to built on a Mathematical Concept?
Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 17:53:06 GMT
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"Neo" <neo55592_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4b45d3ad.0305070737.55d68442_at_posting.google.com...
> I think one is missing the bigger picture. In mathematics, it is not
> primarily about making a definition for the sake for having a
> definition that everyone can agree on. Until recently didn't humans
> define the world as being flat and Earth the center of the universe!
No, they did not. They *thought* that the world was flat, but they didn't *define* flatness as being "the shape of the world." It looks pretty clear to me that you don't understand what a definition is. A definition is a statement about a word and what it means. It's not a statement about the world; it's a statement about a word!
> The bigger picture is that,
> in mathematics, we strive to make our definition convey/match reality
> as much as possible
No, I don't think that's what we do at all. Physics is about reality; math is about numbers. They are not the same.
Marshall Received on Wed May 07 2003 - 19:53:06 CEST