Insisting on finiteness us the wrong approach, even though finite approximations are all that can ever be practically used.
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Replying to @The_Lagrangian
even though your computer is a finite automaton, it is not useful to think of it in these terms (?)
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Replying to @ValueOfType
it seems most useful for resolving things like the Halting Problem (not a problem if you restrict # of program steps)
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Replying to @The_Lagrangian @ValueOfType
but I guess there's an analogy to physics where it's best to think of solids as infinite lattices unless edge conditions matter
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Replying to @The_Lagrangian
in physics you have lattive qcd with lattice subdivision which is closer to what i'm thinking of
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Replying to @ValueOfType @The_Lagrangian
whereas in your example you might want to switch from fourier theory to something like wavelets
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