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#1
10-23-2005, 05:09 PM
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Re: Where do numbers come from?
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeral http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number 
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#3
10-23-2005, 05:46 PM
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Re: Where do numbers come from?
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So could concepts in the physical world be explained without numbers? [/ QUOTE ] Anything can be explained in anumber of ways. Whether description without numbers would have the accuracy you desire is the question. Words, motions, pictures all describe without numbers.
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#4
10-23-2005, 05:52 PM
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Re: Where do numbers come from?
I mean things along the lines of the theory of relativity, or things in the world of quantum mechanics. There is something i a trying to get at but i cant.
Part of the question deals with the idea that physics would not exist, or be proven/unproven without math, or some type of functional mathematics. Is it possible for the branch of science known as physics to exist. Now i know that all of the concepts would still be there, but would one be able to prove them without things like math. Was math 'invented' as a way to prove some things, or is it just there?
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