How many real numbers exist? New proof moves closer to an answer

Re:How many real numbers exist? New proof moves closer to an... by Hamlet42 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @01:56PM (#27847783)

Some math problems seem uselees when first encountered until they become useful some dacades later. An example of this is knot theory and medicine[1]

[1] https://science.sciencemag.org/content/255/5043/403

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Re:How many real numbers exist? New proof moves closer to an... by db48x on Thursday July 15, 2021 @03:09PM (#27848774)

Also certain of the more recondite aspects of number theory that deal with prime numbers: completely useless right up until RSA was invented; now we use them to protect every webpage we view, every email we send, and every financial transaction we make.

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