More from those crazy mathematicians http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-chase-moonshine-s-shadow/
Mathematicians weren’t sure that the monster group actually existed, but > they knew that if it did exist, it acted in special ways in particular > dimensions, the first two of which were 1 and 196,883. > On 8 April 2015 at 14:26, spudboy100 via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote: > Ha! I can believe that a hypercomputing lobian machine can zip through the > platonic realities that likely exist, but I must say professor Marchal, > that experiencing mathematics at the chalk board, my dendrites do not > function as well as your own. I will say the obvious that my neurological > wiring must have been sub par when attempting to learn and, equally, > important, memorize the patterns that mathematics involves. Memorize the > patterns, then plug in whatever numbers. I believe that maths teachers run > into differences in human neurobiology, rather than bad teaching skills or > lazy students, or whatever excuse. Thus, being able to learn mathematics is > truly a gift, and is not bestowed on everyone. > > Sent from AOL Mobile Mail > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> > To: everything-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Apr 7, 2015 03:01 PM > Subject: Re: The Object > > > > On 07 Apr 2015, at 20:19, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: > > I know people who do math really well, I am eternally envious. > > > Math is the easiest branch to understand; it needs only works to get the > results of the others. I think Gauss said that, and I agree, but > unfortunately math is also used as a modern technic for torturing the kids, > and it indeed makes people believe that it needs some gift or superiority > to appreciate them. Something a bit like that, plus chance, might be needed > to be creative and find a solution of an open problem, but to understand > the works of the other, you can always find a path which suits you, if you > are patient enough. > > The task of proving a new interesting theorem can be gigantic, but the > beauty does not reside in that, the beauty are in the results. Only by > being in love with some collection of results, you can develop familiarity > and by chance see a relation missed by your colleagues and "masters". > > What is it that you don't understand in math? > > If you work enough you can understand that all machines can understand > and explore the mathematical reality, and that there is for every taste: > the Baroque, the Jazzy, the Classical, the Romantic, the Dramatic, the > Comical, the Thrilling, etc. It is is huge, and if computationalism is > true, just by being, you already solve a math problem. > > > The feudalism thing is likely correct but beyond this specific > discussion. They are winning and we are not. I add, sigh! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LizR < [email protected]> > To: everything-list < [email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Apr 7, 2015 1:11 am > Subject: Re: The Object > > By the way, the phrase "above my paygrade" was invented by someone less > intelligent than you to keep you in your place, at least until they get > around to reintroducing full scale feudalism. > > > > Well said Liz. > > Bruno > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. 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