> Isn't the whole point of math that you expect at > some point to analyze the result of the symbol > manipulation and "read off" an interpretable > meani

> Isn't the whole point of math that you expect at > some point to analyze the result of the symbol > manipulation and "read off" an interpretable > meaning from the answer? I've responded to this at greater length here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1071734 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1071734 You are absolutely right when it comes to the application of existing math, but in Pure Math that doesn't turn out to be the case.