an odd subject
Jul. 31st, 2005 10:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bardiphoukaWe are told, usually by those who do not do people well, that math is about numbers. Hardly. Numbers may be part of math but they are not what math is
Example 1..math is music. Music is, after all, a series of equations which lead to an acoustic structure which we (hopefully) like. But, you say, music contains imagination. Of course. But so does math to a degree. The great theorems throughout history have at their core a flash of imagination. Einstein and Beethoven have more in common than similar hair styles.
Example 2. math is sex. We are given libidos in order to further simple addition..1+1=3 (or 4 or etc)
Now, if I could just remember to balance my bills.
Example 1..math is music. Music is, after all, a series of equations which lead to an acoustic structure which we (hopefully) like. But, you say, music contains imagination. Of course. But so does math to a degree. The great theorems throughout history have at their core a flash of imagination. Einstein and Beethoven have more in common than similar hair styles.
Example 2. math is sex. We are given libidos in order to further simple addition..1+1=3 (or 4 or etc)
Now, if I could just remember to balance my bills.
