"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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