David,
I did refer to "One" in context of numbers. A number is considered a
mathematical object, because it has physical representation. I think it
is like a pointer, a cursor to the real things and each number is an
unique identifier.
If you are referring to Hilberts problems - the list of 23 problems ... Well some of them are still being solved..
My writing is just an example of layers of abstraction among the first
three areas of mathematics. ( Stating the obvious for computer science
folks). Mathematics was first subject used to develop layers of
abstraction.
Wikipedia says Mathematics is the study of quantity,
structure,space and change .. and Mathematical subject classification
has a long list... with four levels. The first level has 97 topics.
Mathematics can be traced back to pre historic times ( if there is such
thing) and is ancient compare to Internet Era... Vast formalized
knowledge that our ancestors have left behind.. We do not really tap
into many of the complex areas of math in everyday programming for
business.. Only in scientific programmers use some of them ..
Lets get back to current times.. Object Oriented abstraction modeling
concepts gives more of a grasp of real world and things and
relationships without having to use painful cryptic difficult part of
mathematics and deductions all the time. Because things do exist in the
environment, ( keep it simple use the sense, use your eyes to see..)
but OO is still 3D ( in my humble opinion) and not 4D . I am not
really sure about the 4D part of it yet..
Regards,
Pavithra
--- On Tue, 10/19/10, David Eddy <deddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: David Eddy <deddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Oooh, FOL is too hard to learn.
To: "[ontolog-forum]" <ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 8:55 AM
Pavritha - On Oct 19, 2010, at 7:09 AM, Pavithra wrote: The number one represents a singlething. IF you choose to assume the context of numbers.
There are at least 23
meanings for the word "one."
All depends how I scrape it off the page & see/process it in my brain... which is not the same as what happens in your brain.
If you haven't "seen" something on a page that didn't exist, you haven't lived. ___________________ David Eddy
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