As a physicist who studied mathematics as an undergrad and was admitted into some top math graduate programs (but didn’t go because I pursued theoretical physic

As a physicist who studied mathematics as an undergrad and was admitted into some top math graduate programs (but didn’t go because I pursued theoretical physics instead) — no, only part of mathematics has something to do with physics at all, let alone being inspired by physics. > Cryptography has generated number theory, algebraic geometry over finite fields, algebra, combinatorics and computers. > Hydrodynamics procreated complex analysis, partial derivative equations, Lie groups and algebra theory, cohomology theory and scientific computing. > Celestial mechanics is the origin of dynamical systems, linear algebra, topology, variational calculus and symplectic geometry. Now those are just backwards.