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Re:Some Musings on Mathematics by tikhonj on Saturday August 15, 2015 @11:56PM (#10067910)
I think number theory fits perfectly: the definition of the natural numbers is dead simple and, well, eminently natural but results in an intricate structure we're nowhere near understanding.
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Re:Some Musings on Mathematics by jveld on Sunday August 16, 2015 @02:44AM (#10068188)
good point - for some reason it hadn't clicked that number theory only involves the integers and not, ya know, complex numbers.
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