Unrealistic models for realistic computations: how idealisations help represent mathematical structures and found scientific computing

DOI10.1007/S11229-020-02654-8zbMath1529.03073OpenAlexW3020826894MaRDI QIDQ6182782

Philippos Papayannopoulos

Publication date: 26 January 2024

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/19634/1/Papayannopoulos_Unrealistic-Models-Realistic-Computations.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

stabilityfloating-point arithmeticwell-posedill-posed physical problems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) General theory of mathematical modeling (00A71) Computation over the reals, computable analysis (03D78)

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