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Quote: the vivid representation of huge numbers is a puzzle for the definition of number just as unary/set theoretic numbers are a puzzle
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number as a named set of numbers
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what is a number
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computer as state machine
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data
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data as a named set of data objects
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A data object is a number since it is part of the initial state of a computation--the vivid representation of such large numbers (billion digit numbers) is a further puzzle for the definition of number just as unary or Russell/Frege numbers were a puzzle. Google-1 Google-2personal notes
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Quote: a data object is a number since it is part of the initial state of a computation
Topic: number as a named set of numbers (15 items)
Topic: what is a number (55 items)
Topic: computer as state machine (20 items)
Group: data (140 topics, 3098 quotes)
Topic: data as a named set of data objects (22 items)