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26 July 2018

On Extrema I

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"The new mathematics is a sort of supplement to language, affording a means of thought about form and quantity and a means of expressio...

On Topology IV (More on Topology)

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"The young mathematical disciple 'topology' might be of some help in making psychology a real science." (Kurt Lewin, Princ...

On Topology III (Topology with a Twist)

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"The connection of topology with physics is no passing interlude but rather represents a length affair." (Michael I Monastyrsky, ...
02 July 2018

On Topology II (Definitions)

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"I believe that we need another analysis properly geometric or linear, which treats PLACE directly the way that algebra treats MAGNITUD...
02 April 2018

5 Books 10 Quotes III: Beauty and Symmetry III

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James R Newman, " The World of Mathematics Vol. I ", 1956 ...

On Algebra: Definitions I

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"Whoever thinks algebra is a trick in obtaining unknowns has thought it in vain. No attention should be paid to the fact that algebra a...
30 March 2018

On Complex Numbers II

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“I have obtained these values by a singular analogy based on the passages from the real to the imaginary, passages that can be considered as...
26 February 2018

On Learning: Aphorisms

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"For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing." (Aristotle, "Nicomachean Ethics", Book II, 349 BC...

On Chess I: Chess and Mathematics I

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"A chess problem is genuine mathematics, but it is in some way ‘trivial’ mathematics. However, ingenious and intricate, however origina...
25 February 2018

Beyond the History of Mathematics I

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"The history of mathematics may be instructive as well as agreeable; it may not only remind us of what we have, but may also teach us t...