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#1 2005-12-04 20:35:39
- Ricky
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You guys may have heard of mathematical induction, but...
...have you ever heard of engineering induction? If it works 3 times, it will always work.
It's still must stronger than computer science induction: if it works once, it will work all the time. If it doesn't work all the time, it's the users fault.
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#2 2005-12-04 20:57:57
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: You guys may have heard of mathematical induction, but...
Good one, Ricky!
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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