Reflections on mathematical research towards a doctorate of philosophy.

Friday, September 29, 2006

Definition of math

Mathematics is the study of analogies between analogies. All science is. Scientists want to show that thins that don´t look alike are really the same. That is one of their innermost Freudian motivations. In fact, that is what we mean by understanding.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Conocimiento esuna representación necesariamente finita de una complejidad presuntamente infinita.

J. Wagensberg

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