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Physics is limited by having to represent phenomena in our physical world simply. Mathematics is not just a small integer multiple larger than this.

• joe_the_user 4y ago
  This is almost correct. It's not that math is vastly larger (or more sophisticated) as a field. Both fields are infinitely large in many senses. Rather, the number of respectable starting points where you can do interesting things is much larger, orders larger in math.
  • romwell 4y ago
    There are plenty of unexplored things in physics too; the key word is "respectable". Looking from the outside, physics suffers a lot from fashion/hot trend tendencies, where you need to be doing the "hot" thing to make the jumps necessary to the coveted Tenure Track — and otherwise, you get kicked out.