Re: theory and practice: ying and yang
Date: 3 Jun 2005 13:05:28 -0700
Message-ID: <1117829128.546716.93080_at_z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>
Alexandr Savinov wrote:
> If you ask about some ready solution then it is does not exist. But when
> I was writing about such a future theory I meant that it is possible to
> make a list of principles such a theory should satisfy. For example, the
> model needs to be able to describe itself. Equivalent statements: a set
> has to include intself as a member; a space has to be one of its points,
> a dimenstion has to be considered a normal value or point; infinity has
> to be reachable etc.
It seems to me you are on an ambitious project to overthrow the whole
of mathematics as we know it. I guess it's a bit soon to be trying to
replace the Relational Model with something based on your
as-yet-undefined theory.
So we'll carry on as we are for now, shall we? ;-)
> infinity has to be reachable
What, so you mean there IS some number that is the biggest number, to which 1 cannot be added? Wow! Received on Fri Jun 03 2005 - 22:05:28 CEST