On Monday, June 6, 2022 at 5:11:17 PM UTC-4, Timothy Golden wrote:
> On Monday, June 6, 2022 at 11:53:38 AM UTC-4, Ross A. Finlayson wrote:
> > On Monday, June 6, 2022 at 6:55:21 AM UTC-7,
timba...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 11:15:32 AM UTC-4, Timothy Golden wrote:
> > > > On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 11:35:51 AM UTC-4, Ross A. Finlayson wrote:
> > > > > On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 7:28:19 AM UTC-7,
timba...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > > > On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 2:15:12 AM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> > > > > > > On 6/1/2022 7:47 AM, Timothy Golden wrote:
> > > > > > > > Is 0.333... a valid number?
> > > > > > > [...]
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Is this a valid number?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [0] = rand_range(0, 9)
> > > > > > > [1] = rand_range(0, 9)
> > > > > > > ...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We can get:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > .218575540978324672654
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > or anything else...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ;^)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Each digit is a random number for the arity of the system. So base 10
> > > > > > > (10-ary), 0-9 random numbers for each digit...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We can go for infinity... Is there a limit? Humm... No? ;^)
> > > > > > It is worth pondering the random digit value as you are trying to do. As well there are nonrandoms such as the irrational solution for sqrt(2.0) which arguably do have specific digits. The ones though which are already in use are the repeating decimals, and the usage of ellipses there works out consistently. To claim that every digit is well defined seems quite readily understood:
> > > > > > 333...3546
> > > > > > as a valid constant infinite value shows we can easily work the tail of the value. Can it be said that:
> > > > > > 333...3546 = 333...3545 + 1 ?
> > > > > > I think so. This appears to be valid. To state that
> > > > > > 333...3546 = 333...3546
> > > > > > as well seems valid. If this were not so then there could be serious trouble. Somewhere along the way though as we push this interpretation something will break. Still, because the natural numbers are so primitively defined through the successor these values don't necessarily have to go through this much:
> > > > > > 111...11134 + 222...21 = 333...355
> > > > > > though even this seems uncontroversial. Multiplication even somewhat can take on its full meaning, but this will not be so easy will it?
> > > > > > ( 222...22)( 3) = 666...66
> > > > > > well, that wasn't painful, was it? With the help of sage, and the ever strange system of repeating digits which we generally gloss over I see that:
> > > > > > ( 222...22)(11) = 2444...442
> > > > > > and no doubt that could be readily proven. Induction will probably serve us nicely here in the long run. Now for the jaw breaker:
> > > > > > (222...22)(333...33) = 740740740...740259259259...259
> > > > > > and so the first double ellipsis is born and as well a discussion of the number of digits exposes that with the multiplication we are duly representing the increase of the digits with the second ellipsis. If we are going to play in aleph land as A digits then we have 2A digits for this product.
> > > > > > So there is plenty to work on here.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It's not really my cup of tea, but I do drink tea from time to time. I even like to pick my own tea when I am doing well. Springtime is a fine time for raspberry and blackberry. You go home with your hands stained green and oily from the fresh shoots. Dry them on a screen in the attic and you've got a year or two's supply in a couple hours of work when the right patch is found.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To be convincing here we have to cover the ground, and Chris ,you are doing that. Possibly the correct random value is well defined at both ends so that a proper instance might be more like:
> > > > > > d1 d2 d3 ... d3 d2 d1
> > > > > > where d(n) is random. Is redundancy necessary? Redundancy in nature is well supported so at least there is physical correspondence. As to whether they are computable I can't really say. Here is a neat square:
> > > > > > (222...22)(222..22) = 493827160...493827160 49382 61728 395061728...395061728 4
> > > > > > Hmmm... There's a bit of confusion on my part as to how to write this. Multiple representations of the same value are not necessarily desirable.
> > > > > > Above I've compressed the usual tripling of the repeating sequence and inserted spaces for consistency.
> > > > > > Still, by sage induction I'm pretty sure this value will hold up. I checked it at three different levels this being the longest:
> > > > > > sage: 22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222
> > > > > > ....: 22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222
> > > > > > ....: 22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222
> > > > > > ....: *2222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222
> > > > > > ....: 22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222
> > > > > > ....: 22222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222
> > > > > > ....: 2
> > > > > > 49382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382716049382617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617283950617284
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So for all that blathering about infinities and infinities of infinities it seems there could be quite a lot to do there.
> > > > > > I'd rather not actually, but since nobody else will I'll go ahead and demo it. I think possibly I am getting to the point of the grammatical meaning of 'of' within mathematics as a term of generalization. That's more to the point.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On the other side of the infinite instances lays the finite instances and they are plenty good. This long one up above is fine. Epsilon/delta functions long before we get this far. The rational value fails out of the gate. It is the decimal value and its unity interpretation which gets us the continuum. Pushing farther on unity interpretations we can have a bit more, but the dirty reradixer is trouble. As we agree by convention to work in one radix then to push another without explicitly stating it to be so is problematic. This is built into the nature of the rational value.
> > > > > These numbers of course with "many or slowly repeated a terminus, then a
> > > > > different one for example zero", ..., "rational", is for roots it seems, powers
> > > > > under roots or for primary functions, result measures, boxes, frames, ....
> > > > >
> > > > > You then have them related this way, in terms of values, and either what
> > > > > they parameterize or how they are parameterized, "numbers".
> > > > >
> > > > > Here when you say radix, it's the representation also the fixed-point,
> > > > > whether .111... is the radix or 1 is the radix, just to point out that the
> > > > > term "radix" is overloaded, in terms of elements of the field or fractions,
> > > > > and elements of the iota-values or increments.
> > > > >
> > > > > ... For example when the field is large, but finite.
> > > > There is something wrong with the square of 222...22. I put one extra 2 on each product from the long instance I gave and the middle nonrepeating digits turned from 61728 to 7061728. So it's not quite right there in the middle. It's been consistent other than that though.
> > > >
> > > > Putting on one additional 2 I now have 715061728 for the center digits. Plodding along finally at
> > > > a=2222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222
> > > >
> > > > we get clean and there is no middle digit conundrum. That's 226 twos. On intervals of nine twos. Perfect again at 217 twos.
> > > > Given the digital redundancies I think it is fair to claim that the square of 222...2 is:
> > > > 493827160...395061728...4
> > > > where again I've compressed the notation down to something that is not so redundant but can be decoded given the earlier work. Given the extensive use of repeating digits this format is better. It happens not to need any spacing but space would allow say for a unique head in any position.
> > > >
> > > A less controversial solution exists on 333...3 whose square is:
> > > 111...10888...89
> > > or in short spaced form:
> > > 1... 0 8... 9
> > > and no controversy seems to ensue starting at a=33 where aa = 1089.
> > >
> > > The effect of the product in raising the quantity of digits is something ignored in abstract algebra. They insist upon an infinite length polynomial to hide this, yet it is clearly a fake formality. To correctly account for their infinity of zeros after a product is taken there should be two sets of ellipses. Otherwise they've screwed aleph. So this numerical analysis does expose something beyond its own construction. If we bridge number theory at this primitive level with the polynomial and even into its abstract form the glue that binds these things exposes that infinite length strings are not only in use in higher mathematics, but they are insisted upon, particularly in abstract algebra.
> > >
> > > Again a choice can be made to reject this usage or to go ahead with it. Each choice has consequences. Either way abstract algebra is broken.
> > > > It seems like these infinite forms are getting more informational. There has been a process of reduction here that is not uncommon in other mathematics. We like to work with the simplest form and I believe I did prove it. possibly a formal proof would look a bit different, but the mechanics as stable here allow for induction to take place. There are eight other forms of this value and since we are in a weird new form could it be that there are nine squares of 222...2? Surely this is a side-effect of the radix that we work in. When we blame the value rather than the radix... well possibly that is when the dirty reradixer finds his way.
> > > >
> > > > With ten twos (a = 2222222222) we see
> > > > a*a = 4938271603950617284
> > > > which is the first clean instance though no repetition occurs. Somehow this is a reduction of an infinite system worked in base ten.
> > > > Insert some ellipses in the correct locations and the infinite form is available; not unlike the insertion of a decimal point to beget the continuous value. I think as one starts into this infinite form we see that a new sort of grammar emerges. I don't think it is general yet, but it is emerging simply through usage. To state that these infinite forms are highly redundant is a necessary predicament, yet to which physical correspondence does hold.
> > > >
> > > > It might merely be a place to get lost in. It might not be wise to entertain these things seriously, yet in the quantity of ground that could be covered these are possibilities. We have demonstrated an ability to square an infinite value here. The computation is digital in nature.
> > It's interesting what is "effective infinity" or the limits of precision, where any
> > point is both at the center of an oriented lattice, and of a sphere.
> >
> > When you mention digital then there's Wolfram's massive "A New Kind of Science",
> > it's very much about the development of cellular automata, which in a sense describe
> > the same evolution in series but "always granular" instead of "ever fine".
> a = 111...1
> is pretty tricky squared:
> 123456790... 098765432... 1
> and there are ambiguities in the middle along the way, but this is the clean solution.
> The cube suddenly turns horrendously long:
> 137174211248285322359396433470507544581618655692729766803840877914951989026063100...
> 392318244170096021947873799725651577503429355281207133058984910836762688614540466...
> 470507544581618655692729766803840877914951989026063100137174211248285322359396433... 1
It may be an important detail that while the quantity of digits appears larger here it is not any larger than the simpler instances. The ellipses belie the aleph quality of each of these 'segments' of this infinite value. It is true that their complexity is greater, but their quantity is not.
The number of (potential) digits of the resultant of a product is the number of digits of the arguments of that product.
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> Troubling especially since embedded in the last repetition is the first repetition.
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> The NKS algorithm is awfully primitive. That does bring time into the discussion I think.
> It seems like the mathematicians avoid time. So do the cosmologists. Their first principle is that space is isotropic; not that spacetime is isotropic. So does this mean that spacetime is structured? Nice discussion they are not having on this.
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> What is good about NKS is emergence. At the early stages we should accept any emergence as progress so it deserves credit. At some point we want to demand emergent atoms with the exact spectroscopic properties, exact isotopes, and so on as we witness in nature. As to how much of physics is sitting upon empirical data: this limits how far theory can get. Theory is lagging way behind experimental physics. This position rejects curve-fitting as theoretical.
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> If we establish an emergent form of spacetime then isn't there cause for hope?