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:::Ancient Greeks considered numerical concepts mainly in terms of geometric constructions ala ruler and compass and that is how Euclid's treatment of commensurability goes. This is certainly not the way modern mathematicians think of them. Sure the ancient Greeks knew of some irrational numbers, but they certainly didn't know "e" or many other irrational numbers that are not constructible. So their concept of irrational number was far more limited than our modern understanding, even when one limits the concept of real number to mean "set of rational and irrational numbers". Even on the math where modern and ancient understanding would seem to overlap, it's clear the ancient Greeks just had a different way of thinking about it, so in a metaphysical sense, you could argue that the objects are really different. --[[User:C S|C S]] ([[User talk:C S|talk]]) 20:40, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
'''Oppose on criterion 3'''
*[[:File:Gabriel-Lamé.jpeg]] - There is no source, date, or author for this image that would lead us to believe that it is in the PD. We need to be able to verify that it is in the PD. More research on this image needs to be done.
*[[:File:Dedekind.jpeg]] - The website for this image does not indicate the 1870 date and we have no name or death date for the photographer, so we cannot verify the PD license listed. More research on this image needs to be done.
These issues should relatively easy to resolve. I look forward to reading the entire article. [[User:Awadewit|Awadewit]] ([[User talk:Awadewit|talk]]) 21:13, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
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