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Re:Why Discrete Math Is Important by fjsolwmv on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @12:53AM (#16211339)
Might be? Of course we can. Obviously infinite objects are irrelevant to modeling the real world. They are just a shorthand for adding a bunch of annoying qualifiers to every mathematical statement.
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Re:Why Discrete Math Is Important by geezerjay on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @03:36AM (#16211955)
> Obviously infinite objects are irrelevant to modeling the real world.

I disagree. The concept of infinite objects are essentially object sets with an unknown limit. This represents a general case from which we can draw important concepts.

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Re:Why Discrete Math Is Important by yters on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @01:15AM (#16211420)
It's a good thing we don't actually need the square root of two!
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