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Authored by: PolR on Monday, June 11 2012 @ 12:01 PM EDT

> Maybe we disagree on what an algorithm actually is.

I use the definition of computation theory. You are free to use the definition
you want but then you are not longer using the term of art mathematicians use.

> Mathematics never processes anything.

This is false. Computations are described in computation theory textbooks. The
point of computation theory is to study computations and this requires some form
of processing.

> It's a way to model nature whether real or abstract.
> Algorithms in mathematics have to do with definition of
> such models.

No, algorithms are separate from the meaning of symbols. This is clearly stated
in computation theory textbooks.

Mathematics is a language and algorithms are features of the language.
Mathematics can be used of model nature. But algorithms are abstract
mathematical entities which exists independently of such models.

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To put your post into context - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 11 2012 @ 02:32 PM EDT
- To put your post into context - Authored by: PolR on Monday, June 11 2012 @ 03:25 PM EDT
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    - To put your post into context - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 11 2012 @ 07:31 PM EDT
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