Abram,
I suspect what it comes down to - I'm tossing this out off-the-cuff - is
that each new branch of maths involves new rules, new operations on numbers
and figures, and new ways of relating the numbers and figures to real
objects and sometimes new signs, period. And they aren't
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Abram,
I suspect what it comes down to - I'm tossing this out off-the-cuff - is
that each new branch of maths involves new rules, new operations on numbers
and figures, and new ways of relating the numbers and figures to
