zornthewise

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   by zornthewise 11y ago

   From that point of view, the interesting thing would then be why this particular abstraction layer works well which is what linear algebra answers. This is in some sense the process all math students go through. The formulas for computing d
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   by zornthewise 11y ago

   I have no idea about physics but Noether(with Artin) certainly changed the mathematical landscape. She was probably the first person to really do modern algebra(building on Dedekind) and is the first person whose works really seem modern.
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   by zornthewise 11y ago

   Finding [Ramsey numbers]( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsey%27s_theorem ) is one. They are hard to calculate even for small values. Most open problems are either to prove something because we can make a good guess to w
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   by zornthewise 11y ago

   What kind of answer would satisfy your questions of why these theories are true anyway. I am not sure I can even imagine an ideal answer and this might be a clue that we are asking the completely wrong question.
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   by zornthewise 12y ago

   This isn't really true as far as I am aware. If you are getting this from the Robber's Cave Experiment(HPMOR), it was misrepresented there. They were only hostile after it was induced and they went back to being nice in the last s