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Arithmetic is to mathematics as typing is to being a writer. If the subject of an article is a brilliant author, then a cool new keyboard that makes it easier t
by nkoren 9y ago
Arithmetic is to mathematics as typing is to being a writer. If the subject of an article is a brilliant author, then a cool new keyboard that makes it easier to type really isn't related, not even tangentially.
- jchook 9y agoHowever, tangents themselves are part of geometry, which is tangentially related to Langlands' work.
- nkoren 9y agoDamnit, you win this round. :-)
- Koshkin 9y agoArithmetics is part of math. (And typing is not part of being a writer.)
- qmalzp 9y agoPerhaps a more apt analogy is that mental arithmetic tricks are to math what stenography is to writing.
- fjsolwmv 9y agoThe Trachtenberg system is number theory.