"Real" Analysis is a Degenerate Case of Discrete Analysis

By Doron Zeilberger

Written: Nov. 26, 2001

To Appear in Proc. ICDEA 2001, Bernd Aulbach, ed., Taylor and Frances.

This is the transcript of a plenary talk that I gave at the ICDEA 7 (2001) meeting that took place at Augsburg this summer. It has the bare outline of an ultrafinitist philosophy of mathematics and argues for Discrete supremacy.

The conference itself, orgranized by Bernd Aulbach, was a huge success, with lots of stimulating talks.


Added Jan. 21, 2002: I just finished reading a very interesting article by Saber Elaydi (selaydi@trinity.edu), entitled ``Is the world evolving disretely'' that makes a similar point, but much more convincingly, about the discreteness of the physical world.
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