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From the article: 'Oxford mathematician E.C. Titchmarsh wrote that: "It can be of no practical use to know that Pi is irrational, but if we can know, it surely
by te_platt 16y ago
From the article:
'Oxford mathematician E.C. Titchmarsh wrote that: "It can be of no practical use to know that Pi is irrational, but if we can know, it surely would be intolerable not to know."'
I'm not much of a mathematician but I can at least relate.
- dwwoelfel 16y agoI don't think Titchmarsh had fully thought that statement through. Would the concept "irrational" be interesting if it didn't have a practical use? To illustrate: Pi, 6, and 86 are three elements of the dwwoelfel set. I think that even the most curious mathematician could tolerate not knowing that fact.