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		renewiltord 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Not all elementary functions can be expressed with... This result itself is being described in those terms[1]: > If this is true, then this blog post debunking EML is going to up-end all of mathematics for the next century. This is very concerning for mathematics in general. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47775105

seanhunter 18 days ago [–]

Why on earth would it upend all of mathematics? Secondly, even if it did that, why would that be concerning for mathematics?

renewiltord 18 days ago | [–]

Yes or no, it's too early to tell.

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