Re:What is it like to understand advanced mathematics?
by Smaug123 on Sunday August 14, 2016 @02:44PM
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Would you mind giving a couple of examples (even if they're hastily-constructed like mine)?
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Re:What is it like to understand advanced mathematics?
by bhewes on Sunday August 14, 2016 @03:05PM
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Take the word Love which immense ink has been used to describe. When it is used by a Poet he/she tends to have a very specific meaning that other poets understand without need of elaboration. Poetry has been in conversation with itself for a long time that it has developed strong general abstractions. I can see that in Maths as well, but I am an outsider so I could be off.
Re:What is it like to understand advanced mathematics?
by zitterbewegung on Sunday August 14, 2016 @06:24PM
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I am a poet and I have learned some advanced math. It seems like what you mean by "love" in poetry is more standardized to the subset of people that you have friends with instead of a general term that people can use like the above poster uses modulo.
Re:What is it like to understand advanced mathematics?
by bhewes on Sunday August 14, 2016 @07:19PM
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Oh cool, I don't normally meet math trained poets. Any links to your work? (I am not a poet myself, just highly involved, publishing, editing, etc).
Re:What is it like to understand advanced mathematics?
by zitterbewegung on Monday August 15, 2016 @10:11AM
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This is a book of poetry that I have self published. It is available on Kindle unlimited or you can get a sample to your device.
https://www.amazon.com/Within-all-us-Joshua-Herman-ebook/dp/...