Mathematics and the Universe

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Are you saying that pi for example or Einstein's famous equation isn't really out there waiting to be found, rather we have 'created' these equations?

Humans measured the correlation between diameter and circumference of various circles, and interpreted the data, and then predicted what the circumference of a circle would be if we have a diameter of X. The same is true for surface area. That's how we've arrived at the value of Pi.

Now to say that we created Pi is only half true, we did not create the value of Pi, we measured it. You can measure it time and time again for accuracy. We did create the use of the symbol Pi so we all know what it meant when we see it in an equation.

Einstein's E=mc2 is in fact a culmination of various measurements and hypotheses based on the works of scientists as far back as Newton. Einstein was the first to make the deduction that mass and energy are equivalent. Again using math, he could predict that mass (m) converts in energy (E), should all that mass be converted. And that this formula is accurate we know by its application in atomic weapons.

The point is, we measure, hypothsize, test and predict to see if our hypothesis is correct, whether it is in maths or physics or biology.