Full Idea
It could turn out that all applications of continuum mathematics in natural sciences are actually instances of idealisation.
Clarification
Continuum mathematics uses the real numbers
Gist of Idea
Maybe applications of continuum mathematics are all idealisations
Source
Penelope Maddy (Naturalism in Mathematics [1997], II.6)
Book Reference
Maddy,Penelope: 'Naturalism in Mathematics' [OUP 2000], p.152
Related Idea
Idea 18150 Actual measurement could never require the precision of the real numbers [Bostock]