Tuesday, 25 December 2012

Matematik

Givet: två entiteter.
Problem: är de lika?

Att lösa problemet kallas "Matematik".  Ett annat ord är "problemlösning".

Sunday, 30 September 2012

Another example

From physics (thermomodynamics) we have the rule for ideal gases:
It says that energy is equal to energy. This is certainly a truism. Maybe it is the definition of temperature and entropy.

According to some of my sources,.physical laws, that are not truisms, are unable to verify. "Everyone knows it is true.".

Thursday, 2 August 2012

Is it true?



Yes it is, if it is a tautology.

A tautology (from the Greek word ταυτολογία) is a formula which is true in every possible interpretation

Most mathematical theorems are tautologies.  Nevertheless it is not obvious to everyone.