Indeed, a possibly apocryphal tale holds that matrix algebra, while a beautiful mathematical construct, was considered by its inventor to be utterly useless. We know better today.
Re:Fields Medals 2022
by peterweyand0 on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @08:49AM
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Oh I know. I just thought that more people would be excited about this and maybe point out where engineering applications might be possible if at all.
Many would argue that looking for engineering applications in mathematics is not why mathematicians do mathematics. That mathematics does sometimes have engineering applications is a mysterious and beautiful side effect. It isn't the motivation behind doing mathematics.