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number theory as a Physical theory?

Subject: number theory as a Physical theory?
From: "gsax"
Date: 30 Jul 2005 04:08:16 -0700
Newsgroups: sci.math, sci.physics
Hi

 I read in Penrose's "Emperor's new Mind ", that Euclidean geometry is
actually a Physical theory derived from our sense-experiences of the
world around us.

 That is why its axioms seemed so obviously true..

Hence Non-Euclidean geometries took time to be accepted as vaild.

Is it possible that even our concept of numbers is similarly inspired.

And so Number theory is as much a Physical theory as Euclidean
geometry.

If this is true , then what would be the analog of Non-euclidiean
geometries, to out 'conventional' number theory..

thanks 
Gsax


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