Re:Pi calculation world record with over 202T digits
by n_plus_1_acc on Monday July 15, 2024 @04:55PM
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Yeah, last time I checked physicists use many integrals, derivatives and nablas.
Re:Pi calculation world record with over 202T digits
by staunton on Monday July 15, 2024 @06:36PM
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That's a completely different issue. Using math to solve physics problems deals with physical models. Models are imperfect and what kinds of math they use is completely separate from asking "does infinity exist in our actual universe".
To answer that question, you would have to dismiss with experimental evidence all models people can come up with that try to explain the universe without "infinities". It's neither completely clear what that would mean, nor whether it's even in principle possible to determine experimentally (it's also most likely completely irrelevant to any practical purpose).
Citation needed.
Believing in real numbers requires you to believe in far more than infinity. How many physicists reject real numbers?