I no longer understand my PhD dissertation

Re:I no longer understand my PhD dissertation by jacobolus on Sunday February 14, 2016 @07:08PM (#11100685)

V.I. Arnold:

“Proofs are to mathematics what spelling (or even calligraphy) is to poetry. Mathematical works do consist of proofs, just as poems do consist of characters.”

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Re:I no longer understand my PhD dissertation by Rexxar on Sunday February 14, 2016 @07:26PM (#11100745)

It's true, but telling this to someone who thinks that doing some additions is doing mathematics will not help.

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Re:I no longer understand my PhD dissertation by dsfyu404ed on Sunday February 14, 2016 @09:07PM (#11101110)

You cn doa prety hrrible job speeling amd stiil grt the piont across

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Re:I no longer understand my PhD dissertation by phamilton on Sunday February 14, 2016 @09:06PM (#11101105)

I've always loved the idea that the academic disciplines form a cycle.

Arts -> Social Sciences -> Life Sciences -> Physical Sciences -> Mathematics -> Arts

Mathematics was/is a very creative process for me.

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Re:I no longer understand my PhD dissertation by rekado on Monday February 15, 2016 @02:20AM (#11101944)

I very much like the related point Paul Lockhart makes in "A Mathematician's Lament"[1]: that mathematics is an art form and ought to be taught like one.

[1]: http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/mnewman/LockhartsLament.pdf

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