Re: [math-fun] "What applications does that have?"
"My name is William Rowan Hamilton I just invented the quaternion It hasn't got an applicay-shee-yun But just you wait, just you wait ..."
'enry 'iggins? I like Gosper's occasional cutting remark about some theorem being "at the top of the food chain". In my opinion, there is one example in mathematical music theory for determing n such that "chordality equals ordinality". Hum a few bars. Hilarie
When you delve into any human endeavor, repeatedly asking "why" to uncover the ultimate application, you invariably end up at "to make life better." For the non-mathematician, it is a lengthy route from math to a better life: math leads to physics which leads to computers which leads to ... which leads to a better life. For the mathematician, though, the route is short: mathematics leads to enjoyment which leads to a better life.
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