Title :
The Reasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics [Point of View]
Author_Institution :
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Abstract :
This article addresses the presupposition that mathematics is as effective as claimed and thus remove the quandary of Wigner\´s "miracle," leading to a non-Platonist viewpoint. Also revisits Hamming\´s four propositions and show how they may indeed largely explain that there is no miracle, given a reduced level of mathematical effectiveness.
Keywords :
Hamming distance; Mathematics;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2013.2274907
