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1. The quote is from me and not from John Denker who seems to bean otherwise respectable fellow.
2. There are many examples from industry where one starts bysolving a solvable problem which is not the problem at issue. One notable
In industry, you have to solve the practical research and developmentfor
problem that is presented to you. You either solve the problem, develop a
material with the needed properties, meet the specification, etc. or you
don't. Your point holds true for the basic research physicist, but not
the industrial physicist who has to make a real product or deliverablethat
meets a previously agreed upon specification.
Regards-
Larry
Subject: Re: real-life physics
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, John S. Denker wrote:
Hi all-
While I'm in general agreement, I think that one important tool
is omitted from "(3)": Problem is too ill-defined or too difficult to
solve, so solve exactly a well-defined and solvable problem that sheds
light on the problem at hand.
This is often what physics is all about. To see the method in
action in practical circumstances look at a copy of Morse and Kimball,
"Methods of Operations Research", if any still exist.
Regards,
Jack