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Re: [Phys-l] Equations (causal relationship)




----- Original Message ----- From: "John Denker" <jsd@av8n.com>


Rick Tarara asked:

IS PHYSICS ALGEBRA?

Of course not. Algebra in particular, and math in general are tools.

Which is what I said a couple days ago, but then constraints placed on the physics because of the Algebraic properties of an equation we choose to write is NOT sufficient to fully justify the constraints (or lack of such). Seems to me that is what _some people_ have been doing in this discussion.

Rick