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To: edsheppa
In fact, a scientific theory is a mathematical theory plus a physical interpretation of the theory's undefined terms. It is applied by making deductions from the mathematical theory and relating them to the world through the interpretation.

What is the mathematical theory at the heart of evolutionary biology?

1,858 posted on 05/29/2005 7:58:26 PM PDT by donh
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To: donh
What is the mathematical theory at the heart of evolutionary biology?

You tell me. You're the one who thinks "laying eyes" on prime numbers is akin to observing a 4.5 billion year old earth.

1,864 posted on 05/29/2005 8:13:28 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: donh
What is the mathematical theory at the heart of evolutionary biology?

I'm not an expert on it, but I think it is referred to as the neo-Dawninian synthesis and was developed in the early 1900's. Fisher and Haldane are names that come to mind. It's a mathematics of inheritance, variation and natural selection on populations.

1,872 posted on 05/29/2005 8:42:28 PM PDT by edsheppa
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