Working with the set of real numbers (was: Finding size of Variable)

[Grant Edwards]

On 2014-03-06, Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:
> In article <53176225$0$29987$c3e8da3$5496439d at news.astraweb.com>,
>  Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>
>> Physics is the fundamental science, at least according to the
>> physicists, and Real Soon Now they'll have a Theory Of Everything,
>> something small enough to print on a tee-shirt, which will explain
>> everything. At least in principle.
>
> A mathematician, a chemist, and a physicist are arguing the nature of 
> prime numbers.  The chemist says, "All odd numbers are prime.  Look, I 
> can prove it.  Three is prime.  Five is prime.  Seven is prime".  The 
> mathematician says, "That's nonsense.  Nine is not prime".  The 
> physicist looks at him and says, "Hmmmm, you may be right, but eleven 
> is prime, and thirteen is prime.  It appears that within the limits of 
> experimental error, all odd number are indeed prime!"

Assuming spherical odd numbers in a vacuum on a frictionless surface,
of course.

-- 
Grant