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on_reading [2016/05/24 20:11]
nikolaj
on_reading [2016/07/05 20:27]
nikolaj
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 >​I'​ll try to think more about how to read. I think there could and maybe should be some sort of "​literature critique theory of science/​math books" >​I'​ll try to think more about how to read. I think there could and maybe should be some sort of "​literature critique theory of science/​math books"
 >What I can recommend (at least for papers) is the strategy of reading an intro, the end, the intro again and then the whole thing. >What I can recommend (at least for papers) is the strategy of reading an intro, the end, the intro again and then the whole thing.
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-The notions of *time* and *probability* are philosophically difficult. When I ask myself the question "​what'​s the most fundamental physical unit", I think my answer would be "​quantity per time", i.e. e.g. Hertz. This is because the dynamics $F$ of a theory (Newton equations, Schrödinger equation, some rate equation,​..) is determining just such a quantity. Granted, statistical physics doesn'​t quite fit this, but then again, or maybe because of that, I view statistical physics more to be combinatorics applied to physical models than a theory of physics itself. It produces physical results, yes, but so does combinatorics applied to anything in the world. 
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->​Regarding indexing problems (in reference to the subsection "​Classifying definitions"​ above) 
->The situation 
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-$$ 
-\require{AMScd} 
- 
-\begin{CD} ​         ​ 
-E            
-\\  
-@V{p}VV 
-\\            
-B 
-\end{CD} 
-$$ 
- 
->often presents the task to compute an inverse for the sake of $B$-indexing subsets ($\in{\mathcal P}(E)$) of $E$.  
->This is the case in physics, specifically kinetics in statistical physics, with  
-$$ 
-\begin{CD} ​         ​ 
-X            
-\\  
-@V{\Psi\,​\mapsto\,​\langle H\rangle_\Psi}VV 
-\\                ​ 
-{\mathbb R} 
-\end{CD} 
-$$ 
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->If $E_{\Psi_0}\in{\mathbb R}$ for ${\Psi_0}\in X$ is in the Image and conserved for dynamics $F$ in $X$, then the inverse Image of $\Psi_0$ are accessible points. 
  
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