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Kind of extends the complex numbers.
Some facts that make them stand out:
- one of the only three real associative division algebras in addition to the real numbers and complex numbers, according to the classification of associative real division algebras
- the simplest non-commutative division algebra. Contrast for example with complex numbers where multiplication is commutative
Unlike the quaternions, it is non-associative.
Wikipedia defines Mind uploading as a synonym for whole brain emulation. This sounds really weird, as "mind uploading" suggests much more simply brain dumping, or perhaps reuploading a brain dump to a brain.
Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom (2014) section "Whole brain emulation" provides a reasonable setup: post mortem, take a brain, freeze it, then cut it into fine slices with a Microtome, and then inspect slices with an electron microscope after some kind of staining to determine all the synapses.
Likely implies AGI.
zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/ mentions one page to rule them all:
How many Zettelkästen should I have? The answer is, most likely, only one for the duration of your life. But there are exceptions to this rule.
- youtu.be/CLUWDLKAF1M?t=380 Shows a pig with the implant, and live signals are shown when its nose touches something.
- youtu.be/CLUWDLKAF1M?t=536 shows a pre-recorded pig study correlating really the joint positions while walking with the neuralink signals
Basically a subset of the boundary condition for when one of the parameters is time and we are specifying values for the time 0.
Specifies fixed values.
Can be used for elliptic partial differential equations and parabolic partial differential equations.
Numerical examples:
Specifies the derivative in a direction normal to the boundary.
Can be used for elliptic partial differential equations and parabolic partial differential equations.
Most commonly, boundary conditions such as the Dirichlet boundary condition are taken to be fixed values in time.
Bibliography:
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