beatley

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   by beatley 3y ago

   If I'm not mistaken, the square wave case should in essence be the limiting case of the general case you get when looking at "trigonometric" functions which don't arise as the parametrisation of xˆ2 + yˆ2 = 1, but xˆn +
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   by beatley 3y ago

   Before the 19th and 20th century, much of the basis of modern math was entirely leisurely and recreational. Even today that still rings true. I recommend reading Barry Mazur's "Number Theory as Gadfly" to add some context to
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   by beatley 3y ago

   A lot of modern technical marvels were built on top of the leisurely work done by people who were just playing. "I wonder what would happen if the square root of -1 existed" "I wonder what happens if numbers were cyclic"