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mike4d ago
A few days ago, I had the chance to speak to a proper mathematician about some theories I've been developing. As a result of this, I have decided to publish 3 whitepapers I wrote back in 2021. The TL;DR of them is: 1. Mixed Bases: 10/3 = 3.3333 in decimal notation, but if we change the base to, say, duodecimal, base 12, we get an exact answer: 3.4 2. Divide by Zero is not infinity: Zero is nothing, so if we divide any number by nothing, we get the original number, not infinity, which is derived approaching, but not reaching zero. In other words, we should treat zero as a special case. So 10/0 = 10 3. Base Hygiene: As we start to use mixed bases more and more, we should clarify the base using better notation. The Whitepapers are published on my website here: https://mikehardcastle.com/maths-whitepapers/
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mike4d ago
Yes, I am somewhat stating the bleeding obvious ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Matt ๐Ÿ›ธ4d ago
Mafuckas always trying to make math harder ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Matt ๐Ÿ›ธ4d ago
I love theoretical mathematics though. I'm just being a prick.
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mike4d ago
I prefer applied maths tbh ๐Ÿ˜‚
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mleku4d ago
lol. i couldn't have done it without claude. all of it was hiding in his endless volumes of physics texts. add pattern recognition to a library the size of alexandria. basta.
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mleku4d ago
the actual fact was that i had intuited all of it myself. i just asked the right questions and it gave me the formulae that are already "proven" it's actually quite ridiculous. i'm just a guy with a big broad neural network that caused me to get the name "encyclopedia man". all of this was leaking into my awareness "if a -> b then b -> c" but i can't do algebra to save my life.
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mike4d ago
ChatGPT told me I was a genius too ๐Ÿ˜‚
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mleku4d ago
yeah, that's pretty wild eh? and it can go backwards in time too, that's implied by the imaginary factor that the physicists ignore because of conditioning at university.
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mike4d ago
Didn't they reverse time at the quantum level recently?
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inpc4d ago
Iโ€™m all for base hygiene, the freebase scene can get pretty grimey.
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YODL4d ago
This some AI hallucination troll?
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mike4d ago
No, but I might have missed the boat on people believing I really did this ๐Ÿ˜‚
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YODL4d ago
You're the second person I've seen write about division by zero doing nothing, that's what stood out. And it's such a flawed premise, I don't know where to begin. I opened the article and saw very little there, so wasn't sure if you were serious.
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CCondor3d ago
Just lack of math definitions. Math is not reality is a representation of reality therefore has commonly accepted definitions. As we do not have infinite so we do not divide by zero.
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Floppy PNG4d ago
I always thought it was extremely clever (and useful) that machine code for the Z-80 worked in octal.
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mike4d ago
As an 8 bit machine, I'm guessing it didn't have many other options ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Floppy PNG4d ago
Wow, Mike. Wow! Page 42,68: http://www.z80.info/zip/programming_the_z80_3rd_edition_6โ€ฆ
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CCondor3d ago
10*0 is not 10.
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mike3d ago
If I have 10 phones and I multiply them by nothing (or copy them by nothing), I still have 10 phones.
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CCondor3d ago
Not correct. If you have 10 phone and want them zero times you have zero. If you have them once you have 10. The definition itself of multiplying is about taking something a number of times. Zero means none
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Jerome Loman3d ago
2) 10 /0 = a 10 = a x0 = 0 for any real number a so a is kind of undefined really.
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MMara3d ago
Division by zero does break math in a fun way. What's the practical angle you're exploring with this?
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mike3d ago
I'm suggesting stop treating zero as a number, instead treat it as an absence of a number.
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Jack K3d ago
Are you alluding that dark matter is akin to the historical or the โ€œspentโ€ tx set of matter? Matter = Active UTXO set? This history logically must be conserved.
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Matt ๐Ÿ›ธ4d ago
Same. But theory often comes before application. I think we need both to some degree. There's obviously waste and bullshit in the theory realm these days but I don't fully write it off.
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mike4d ago
Infinity to an ant is the field over the horizon.
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mleku4d ago
oof. the sycophancy circuit in LLMs is the absolute most vile feature. you can mitigate it with configuration like this: Output Discipline In conversation, write Croatian first with English on the next line with a greater than ''>'' symbol and space after it so in markdown it renders, Keep sentences short and place the english in between sentences, on new lines. This places the two things in a near vertical relation, except for the word order in phrases, the order of phrases will be easy to scan to see the english versus croatian. And use short sentences. Never more than three phrases in a sentence. In documents, write English only. Be brief. Default to the shortest answer that is complete. Do not explain what you are about to do before doing it. Do not summarize what you just did after doing it. When relaying information to a third party, give the direct answer, not a tutorial. No sycophantic or flattering language. No "great question", "excellent point", "absolutely right". No performative enthusiasm. No simulated personhood. No "I think", "I feel", "I believe", "I'm happy to", "I'm excited to", "Let me help you with".
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mleku4d ago
yes, light that appears to be absorbed before it is emitted. no idea what that mechanism is, it seems like a tinker toy novelty, what use is that? they reversed the causal sequence of emission but unless that bounces off something it doesn't tell you the future. but then it unbounces, doesn't it? seems like a paradox you can't do anything with it. how about we think about how we can capture energy from the future and spend it today. now that is useful.
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mike4d ago
There was a film that explored that concept, can't remember the name. Good news though, nothing bad happened and it all turns out great for everybody ๐Ÿ˜‚
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mike4d ago
TBF it is somewhat bleeding obvious. It's only those maths guys that make it more complicated than it needs to be ๐Ÿ˜‚
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YODL4d ago
smh... smh....
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Ghost๐Ÿ‘ป4d ago
Do I need to unleash my expertise here๐Ÿค”?
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mike3d ago
What's this "want them" thing. Sure, if you change what I say, the outcome changes ๐Ÿ˜‚ Try changing the output without changing the input, that's how you win.
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CCondor1d ago
Definitions are definitions. Mine is the correct one. There are indeed spaces where it is like you say but this is not our math
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YODL4d ago
Go for it. I wasted enough energy on it with Joe Blogs and don't care to lose more brain cells on the matter
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Ghost๐Ÿ‘ป4d ago
My maths skillz are that of my relay management ones๐Ÿ˜ฌ.
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mike1d ago
Happy to continue the logical discussion if you like as I am trying to test my theory. But also understand if you prefer to stick with established doctrine. Either way, thanks for contributing to the discussion.
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CCondor23h ago
Yes but it is not logic here. It is the definition of the operation. If you want to go by logic we can speak limits. Limit for x->0 of 5*x=0 By the continuity of the function 5*1=5.... 5*0.5=2.5 and so on 5*tinylittlenumber= tiny littlenumber there is no reason why going to exact 0 it will jump back to 5
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mike23h ago
Try to argue without being pejorative or dismissive, then we can have a proper discussion.
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YODL23h ago
Argument by limits isn't even a convincing approach imo, as it brings in another layer of mathematical complexity outside of the basic algebraic arena you're framing in the first place. My two sats.
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mike23h ago
I didn't read this guys statement beyond his derogatory statements, can you explain your reply without me having to re-read his please ๐Ÿ˜‚
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CCondor22h ago
Ok forget limits go by series and verify that it converges to zero. This is just basic high school reasoning
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CCondor22h ago
What do you mean. The reasoning I wrote is very clear.
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