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by ghoshbishakh 1519 days ago
Everything is discrete. Computers cannot handle "true" real numbers.
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Digital computer cannot handle true real numbers.

Analog computers MIGHT.

It really depends on how quantized our universe is. If you have papers that show full quantization including tunneling probabilities e.t.c please share them! The physical existence of the reals has been a white whale of mine for some time ^^'.