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For those unaware of it, here is a "map" of mathematics that mathematicians use, called the Mathematics Subject Classification: https://cran.r-project.org/web/

by wbhart 7y ago

For those unaware of it, here is a "map" of mathematics that mathematicians use, called the Mathematics Subject Classification: https://cran.r-project.org/web/classifications/MSC-2010.html https://cran.r-project.org/web/classifications/MSC-2010.html It is arguably less useful for someone who is not a mathematician, but does illustrate how difficult the problem of classifying all of mathematics is. Both "maps" have their uses.

whatshisface 7y ago
>00Axx General and miscellaneous specific topics The structure of any successful classification system: these things, those other things, and everything else. ;)
- codethief 7y ago
  Almost as good as: > 83Fxx: Cosmology > - 83F05: Cosmology > - 83F99: None of the above, but in this section
  - B1FF_PSUVM 7y ago
    No one mentioned Borges, I'll do it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevolent_Knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevole... "The list divides all animals into 14 categories: those belonging to the Emperor, embalmed ones, [...] those that from afar look like flies." He snuck in "those included in this classification" at #8, too.
725686 7y ago
6,200 Lines just to list all fields!
waynecochran 7y ago
Wow. I have a degree in Math, and I am mostly aware of how little I know, but that chart really intimidates me.
codethief 7y ago
If only I had discovered that list back when I was still an undergraduate. The hardest part about finding a good research area seems to be knowing it exists in the first place.
nilaykumar 7y ago
A less intimidating and slightly more practical approach might be to look at how we classify our own work on the arXiv: https://arxiv.org/archive/math https://arxiv.org/archive/math The MSC is of course quite useful for catalog and reference purposes.
dylan604 7y ago
Is this really a map, or just a table of contents?
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by wbhart 7y ago

whatshisface 7y ago

>00Axx General and miscellaneous specific topics The structure of any successful classification system: these things, those other things, and everything else. ;)

codethief 7y ago
Almost as good as: > 83Fxx: Cosmology > - 83F05: Cosmology > - 83F99: None of the above, but in this section
- B1FF_PSUVM 7y ago
  No one mentioned Borges, I'll do it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevolent_Knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevole... "The list divides all animals into 14 categories: those belonging to the Emperor, embalmed ones, [...] those that from afar look like flies." He snuck in "those included in this classification" at #8, too.

725686 7y ago

6,200 Lines just to list all fields!

waynecochran 7y ago

Wow. I have a degree in Math, and I am mostly aware of how little I know, but that chart really intimidates me.

codethief 7y ago

If only I had discovered that list back when I was still an undergraduate. The hardest part about finding a good research area seems to be knowing it exists in the first place.

nilaykumar 7y ago

A less intimidating and slightly more practical approach might be to look at how we classify our own work on the arXiv: https://arxiv.org/archive/math https://arxiv.org/archive/math The MSC is of course quite useful for catalog and reference purposes.

dylan604 7y ago

Is this really a map, or just a table of contents?

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