RE: Why Do You Like Math?
October 28, 2016 at 11:46 pm
(This post was last modified: October 28, 2016 at 11:50 pm by Alex K.)
It's shown me some of the most beautiful, aesthetic things I've ever seen, especially in differential geometry, and finding elegant proofs can be at its best an almost spiritual experience.
It is also the art of working out the essence of a concept and stripping away all the unnecessary details. My favorite example is how one can generalize the definition of a continuous function without even requiring a means to measure the distance between the elements of the space.
It is also the art of working out the essence of a concept and stripping away all the unnecessary details. My favorite example is how one can generalize the definition of a continuous function without even requiring a means to measure the distance between the elements of the space.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition