How to fit an elephant (2011)

dEnigma wrote: post #5

triclops200 wrote: post #2

Now can you add one more and make him wiggle his trunk?

In the actual paper they do exactly that https://www.google.at/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://...

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Re: How to fit an elephant (2011)

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Post by pvg » Thu, Oct 12, 2017, 1:47 PM UTC

The only thing missing here is a little anecdote about how Von Neumann, when challenged on this, did it in his head and started rattling off the parameters. For arbitrary animals.

Re: How to fit an elephant (2011)

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Post by Y_Y » Thu, Oct 12, 2017, 2:08 PM UTC

oddeyed wrote: post #3

I can't help but feel like a complex number is two parameters (real&imag / mod&arg) - so really this is 8 parameters.

Cantor showed that these sets have the same cardinality. You can represent a complex (in the form of two reals) by interleaving digits or using a space-filling curve for example.

Re: How to fit an elephant (2011)

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Post by Bromskloss » Thu, Oct 12, 2017, 2:21 PM UTC

Y_Y wrote: post #8

oddeyed wrote: post #3

I can't help but feel like a complex number is two parameters (real&imag / mod&arg) - so really this is 8 parameters.

Cantor showed that these sets have the same cardinality. You can represent a complex (in the form of two reals) by interleaving digits or using a space-filling curve for example.

So, it's all actually just one parameter?

Re: How to fit an elephant (2011)

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 12, 2017, 2:21 PM UTC

Y_Y wrote: post #8

oddeyed wrote: post #3

I can't help but feel like a complex number is two parameters (real&imag / mod&arg) - so really this is 8 parameters.

Cantor showed that these sets have the same cardinality. You can represent a complex (in the form of two reals) by interleaving digits or using a space-filling curve for example.

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