This is Mathematics. This is Art. This is Beauty. I love it.
Concepts like this are what make me appreciate Mathematics more and more each day. I hold it in high esteem now, when before I used to question the validity and the practicality of manipulating numeric symbols and letters: what was the point? Now I know the true answer: there is no point, and there doesn't have to be -- just like Art.
Math is Art. Art is Math.
What else is there besides the Mandelbrot fractal that looks absolutely exquisite? I know for a fact we have some members here who are deep into Mathematics and can help me out.
nrjizer
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Originally posted by Akridrot
I used to question the validity and the practicality of manipulating numeric symbols and letters: what was the point? Now I know the true answer: there is no point, and there doesn't have to be
Try reading some Physics books.
Acton
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Originally posted by Akridrot
before I used to question the validity and the practicality of manipulating numeric symbols and letters: what was the point? Now I know the true answer: there is no point
Wrong.
Do you appreciate Math now just because it looks pretty? Well, if it has sparked an interest who am I to argue.
And yeah, I think Math is an art, but not because of pretty pictures.
Addition* This is beautiful Math ;)
Maxwell's equations :eyes:
Dj Dizzy
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Originally posted by nrjizer
Try reading some Physics books.
+1
if you want to see pretty mathematics put into practice then read up heavily on string theory. i'm not a fan of string theory but there is some very impressive math involved. way over my head.
MrJiveBoJingles
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Originally posted by Acton
And yeah, I think Math is an art, but not because of pretty pictures.
^ This.
You should not need pretty pictures to appreciate the beauty of math. Although it can be a start.
ThaMaestro
Solve the NS equation, the purest form of beauty when it comes to (the link between physics) and mathematics. Then you're an artist!
diesel_tron3000
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[b]Originally posted by Acton [/b
Addition* This is beautiful Math ;)
Maxwell's equations :eyes:
i find these more 'beautiful' than einstein's energy-mass equiavlence equation.
Maxwell was a man of tru grit. science will never be like it was in the olden days when everything had to be done in paper and there was no silver ti-83
Zild
83? WTF son? Get yourself an 89.
Acton
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Originally posted by diesel_tron3000
i find these more 'beautiful' than einstein's energy-mass equiavlence equation.
Maxwell was a man of tru grit. science will never be like it was in the olden days when everything had to be done in paper and there was no silver ti-83
Yeah I do admire Einstein's energy-mass equation, probably just as much as I do Maxwell's equations. But if we are talking about mathematical "beauty" then the equations on unifying the electric force and the magnetic force do it for me any day.
But there is certainly no arguing that both Einstien's and Maxwell's equations have had an astonishing impact on Physics. You can dig so deep into all of them and get a totally new perspective on the universe.
Halcyon+On+On
Did man "create" mathematics to understand his world or is math merely some forgotten language we are slowly deciphering?
zoogla
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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Did man "create" mathematics to understand his world or is math merely some forgotten language we are slowly deciphering?
the former, imo, which is why i simply don't understand the OP's tarded observations.
Acton
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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Did man "create" mathematics to understand his world or is math merely some forgotten language we are slowly deciphering?
Tough one, and one that will probably have multiple views.
Personally I wouldn't say we created it, but merely discovered it and advanced on it, using it as a tool, or indeed a language to understand everything. I also wouldn't say we created Math as it is universal (providing you don't live in the singularity of a black hole or anything daft like that), a civilasation in another galaxy for example might be discovering the same laws of quantum mechanics as we are now. So, in that case who created the laws? Niether, they are just there waiting for us to understand and discover.
