Von Neumann's Elephant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann%27s_elephant

by nth_order • 2 years ago

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canjobear• 2 years ago

How about just one parameter! https://pubs.aip.org/aip/adv/article/8/9/095118/22887/One-pa...

nth_order• 2 years ago

I enjoyed that a lot, thanks for sharing! Given arbitrary precision, the number of parameters becomes meaningless as a measure of model complexity, and even this one-parameter equation has infinite VC dimension.

playingalong• 2 years ago

Thinking in software dev terms. It says four parameters and then the solution provided in the Wiki starts with "let's use complex numbers" and lands with what the normies call 8 numbers.

I am pretty sure they can come up with some other math concept which packs 8 numbers into one, not four.

azornathogron• 2 years ago

I am pretty sure they can come up with some other math concept which packs 8 numbers into one, not four.

Yes, those are called octonions.

Though I don't know if anyone has tried to use one to draw an elephant.

olddustytrail• 2 years ago

Surely if you're using octonions you have to draw a....squid! Or possibly some other cephalopod.

Von Neumann's Elephant

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