From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/3217 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jim stasheff Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: cracks and pots and Mac Lane Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:02:02 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241019163 7737 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:32:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:32:43 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Mon Apr 3 21:29:38 2006 -0300 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:29:38 -0300 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.52) id 1FQZGy-00008p-TY for categories-list@mta.ca; Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:19:53 -0300 Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 13 Original-Lines: 24 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:3217 Archived-At: No, guess I was too telegraphic I meant to ask if They are using numerical > calculations, which I suppose can be routinely verified as such, but > with novel applications in biology. but they themselves are not *proving* anything then they are not doing mathematics??? jim Colin McLarty wrote: > I am not sure I understand this. Jim, do you mean to say that these > people are using some mathematical statments that are not proved? The > article seems to me to say the opposite: They are using numerical > calculations, which I suppose can be routinely verified as such, but > with novel applications in biology. > > Colin >