What the numbers mean? A matter of context!

Autor:	Jean Pierre Müller
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Symbol Context (archaeology) Computer science media_common.quotation_subject Algebraic group Formal language Conversion of units Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols Category theory Transformation geometry Linguistics media_common
Zdroj:	Modeling and Using Context-9th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2015, Lanarca, Cyprus, November 2-6,2015. Proceedings Modeling and Using Context ISBN: 9783319255903 CONTEXT
Popis:	In formal languages, it is generally assumed that the symbols having the form of numbers just denote the usual mathematical numbers. In this paper, we argue that a numeric symbol is a symbol as any other and therefore may have different meanings in different contexts. Enumerating various kind of contexts in which the numeric symbols can make sense and which one, we come up with a generalized framework in which relationships between contexts, unit conversion and geometric transformations are treated in a uniform way. It also reveals the epistemological richness of what the numbers conceptually capture. Finally, this framework raises the question of contexts as types.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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