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Wow.. I think this is the first time I actually get what means group theory. Excellent analogy! That was a very elusive concept to me when I took an abstract al
by pmelendez 14y ago
Wow.. I think this is the first time I actually get what means group theory. Excellent analogy! That was a very elusive concept to me when I took an abstract algebra course back in my undergraduate life. Thanks!
- themstheones 14y agoAnd I never had a prof who didn't describe groups as encoding symmetry. Strange.
- lifebeyondfife 14y agoI launched into a rant about this in a recent blog post[1]. The maths lecturer I had said, "A group theorist aims to classify and categorise the whole world..." and then he went straight into writing the four axioms of a group. [1] http://lifebeyondfife.com/the-difference-between-mean-and-median/ http://lifebeyondfife.com/the-difference-between-mean-and-me...