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Look, I am an Algebraic Geometer and have done Schemes and whatnot. It is REALITY and this has nothing to do with "applied" or "pure". The fact that it is absta

• rickhanlonii 14y ago
  Pure math evangelist here. To be clear, it is only reality insofar as the axioms in which the theorems are derived are reality, and only insofar as our understanding and application logic is an objectively valid construct of reality. When it all works out as beautifully as it does, in say Euler's Identity, it's hard to remember the possibility that the axioms could turn out false, or logic as we know it flawed. But assuming (heh) that the axioms are true and that our understanding of logic is valid, "pure" math is as much apart of reality as "applied" math. And I'll choose proving the Fundamental theorem of Galois theory over number crunching in Matlab as my exercise in experiencing reality every time.