Mathematics

Visualization of

That video shows a specific, beautiful visualization of \pi based on epicycles or hypocycloids, which were historically used to model planetary motion but are now...

Why does every discovery in math end up being used in physics?

Is nature really a mathematician? Calculus and algebra were the only basis of mechanics until general relativity came along. Then the useless tensor calculus developed by...

Trying to make a meaningful birthday card for my wife (who has a PhD in math) that potentially involves her doing some problem solving

Hi! So I will be totally honest here, I am not great at math. I have a history degree & I am an archivist. That...

A new paper argues we can still have apriori mathematical knowledgeeven from opaque machines

A new paper inPhilosophy of Scienceargues that even opaque AI systems can contribute to genuineapriorimathematical knowledgeknowledge grounded in pure reason rather than experiment. Historically, the 1977...

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Visualization of

Why does every discovery in math end up being used in physics?

Trying to make a meaningful birthday card for my wife (who has a PhD in math) that potentially involves her doing some problem solving

A new paper argues we can still have apriori mathematical knowledgeeven from opaque machines