Jim choate writes:
The problem w/ the whole N - NP approach
P - NP
is that is assumes that the QM model behaves as we would expect it to, it doesn't. I think this is one of those assumptions that are better left un-made. I have worked w/ enough QM projects throug UT and Discovery Hall (Dr. Turner and Dr. Prigogine) that I am not comfortable assuming the QM world even cares about the N or NP issues we are debating.
It sounds as if you're claiming that mathematics as we know it does not apply when dealing with quantum effects. I suggest that this is a strong statement, and I add that I see no reason to believe it. At the same time, I'm neither a mathematician or a physicist.
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Mathematics as you and I use to solve most real-world problem don't always work w/ quantum mechanics. It is one of the problems w/ this field. I am not a physicist but am trying to go to school and get a degree in it.