Working with the set of real numbers (was: Finding size of Variable)
Roy Smith
roy at panix.com
Wed Mar 5 21:31:51 EST 2014
In article <53176225$0$29987$c3e8da3$5496439d at news.astraweb.com>,
Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> Physics is the fundamental science, at least according to the physicists,
> and Real Soon Now they'll have a Theory Of Everything, something small
> enough to print on a tee-shirt, which will explain everything. At least
> in principle.
A mathematician, a chemist, and a physicist are arguing the nature of
prime numbers. The chemist says, "All odd numbers are prime. Look, I
can prove it. Three is prime. Five is prime. Seven is prime". The
mathematician says, "That's nonsense. Nine is not prime". The
physicist looks at him and says, "Hmmmm, you may be right, but eleven
is prime, and thirteen is prime. It appears that within the limits of
experimental error, all odd number are indeed prime!"
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