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#1 2009-03-23 23:39:10
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Mathematical Coincidences
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#2 2009-03-24 01:54:34
- Ricky
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Re: Mathematical Coincidences
Hardy's take on it:
These are odd facts, very suitable for puzzle columns and likely to amuse amateurs, but there is nothing in them which appeals to the mathematician.
Perhaps I'd agree, but with a slight alteration. There is nothing in them which appeals to the mathematician in a mathematical sense. A mathematician may find these interesting, just not in a mathematical way. Maybe this is what Hardy meant.
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#3 2009-03-24 02:00:41
- JaneFairfax
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#4 2009-03-24 03:54:37
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Mathematical Coincidences
Good find! Amusing, yes. Maybe, nothing more than that!
Nice page, MathsIsFun! The links on the page were worth reading!
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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