How real are real numbers?

Author(s)
Chaitin,Gregory
Keywords
Omega number
Halting probability
Halting problem
Émile Borel
Turing oracles
Irreducible complexity

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/1922459
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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452011000100006
Abstract
We discuss mathematical and physical arguments against continuity and in favor of discreteness, with particular emphasis on the ideas of Émile Borel (1871-1956).
Date
2011-06-01
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Identifier
oai:scielo:S0100-60452011000100006
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452011000100006
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