Comic titles “impartial differential equations”, “improbability”, but what is “different...
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The following is a quote from Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity By Loren Graham, Jean-Michel Kantor
The students were so devoted to their teachers' studies of set theory that they made fun of mathematicians who worked in other areas, giving their topics comic titles such as "impartial differential equations," "theory of improbability," and "different finitenesses."
"impartial differential equations" is for partial differential equations, and "theory of improbability," is for theory of probability, but what's "different finitenesses"?
probability pde terminology puzzle
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The following is a quote from Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity By Loren Graham, Jean-Michel Kantor
The students were so devoted to their teachers' studies of set theory that they made fun of mathematicians who worked in other areas, giving their topics comic titles such as "impartial differential equations," "theory of improbability," and "different finitenesses."
"impartial differential equations" is for partial differential equations, and "theory of improbability," is for theory of probability, but what's "different finitenesses"?
probability pde terminology puzzle
asked Dec 5 at 3:00
Jack Bauer
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Perhaps it is just an inversion of the "different infinities" that set theorists study.
– symplectomorphic
Dec 5 at 3:11
@symplectomorphic So, the students are studying set theory but are making fun of a set theory concept?
– Jack Bauer
Dec 5 at 6:07
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Calculus of finite differences?
– Cheerful Parsnip
Dec 5 at 6:24
@CheerfulParsnip Thank you!
– Jack Bauer
Dec 5 at 6:46
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I have heard of Category Theory referred to as Abstract Nonsense.
– DanielWainfleet
Dec 5 at 9:58
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The following is a quote from Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity By Loren Graham, Jean-Michel Kantor
The students were so devoted to their teachers' studies of set theory that they made fun of mathematicians who worked in other areas, giving their topics comic titles such as "impartial differential equations," "theory of improbability," and "different finitenesses."
"impartial differential equations" is for partial differential equations, and "theory of improbability," is for theory of probability, but what's "different finitenesses"?
probability pde terminology puzzle
asked Dec 5 at 3:00
Jack Bauer
1,2671631
The following is a quote from Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity By Loren Graham, Jean-Michel Kantor
The students were so devoted to their teachers' studies of set theory that they made fun of mathematicians who worked in other areas, giving their topics comic titles such as "impartial differential equations," "theory of improbability," and "different finitenesses."
"impartial differential equations" is for partial differential equations, and "theory of improbability," is for theory of probability, but what's "different finitenesses"?
probability pde terminology puzzle
probability pde terminology puzzle
asked Dec 5 at 3:00
Jack Bauer
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asked Dec 5 at 3:00
Jack Bauer
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edited Dec 5 at 6:06
asked Dec 5 at 3:00
Jack Bauer
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asked Dec 5 at 3:00
Jack Bauer
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asked Dec 5 at 3:00
Jack Bauer
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Perhaps it is just an inversion of the "different infinities" that set theorists study.
– symplectomorphic
Dec 5 at 3:11
@symplectomorphic So, the students are studying set theory but are making fun of a set theory concept?
– Jack Bauer
Dec 5 at 6:07
2
Calculus of finite differences?
– Cheerful Parsnip
Dec 5 at 6:24
@CheerfulParsnip Thank you!
– Jack Bauer
Dec 5 at 6:46
1
I have heard of Category Theory referred to as Abstract Nonsense.
– DanielWainfleet
Dec 5 at 9:58
add a comment |
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Perhaps it is just an inversion of the "different infinities" that set theorists study.
– symplectomorphic
Dec 5 at 3:11
@symplectomorphic So, the students are studying set theory but are making fun of a set theory concept?
– Jack Bauer
Dec 5 at 6:07
2
Calculus of finite differences?
– Cheerful Parsnip
Dec 5 at 6:24
@CheerfulParsnip Thank you!
– Jack Bauer
Dec 5 at 6:46
1
I have heard of Category Theory referred to as Abstract Nonsense.
– DanielWainfleet
Dec 5 at 9:58
1
1
Perhaps it is just an inversion of the "different infinities" that set theorists study.
– symplectomorphic
Dec 5 at 3:11
Perhaps it is just an inversion of the "different infinities" that set theorists study.
– symplectomorphic
Dec 5 at 3:11
@symplectomorphic So, the students are studying set theory but are making fun of a set theory concept?
– Jack Bauer
Dec 5 at 6:07
@symplectomorphic So, the students are studying set theory but are making fun of a set theory concept?
– Jack Bauer
Dec 5 at 6:07
2
2
Calculus of finite differences?
– Cheerful Parsnip
Dec 5 at 6:24
Calculus of finite differences?
– Cheerful Parsnip
Dec 5 at 6:24
@CheerfulParsnip Thank you!
– Jack Bauer
Dec 5 at 6:46
@CheerfulParsnip Thank you!
– Jack Bauer
Dec 5 at 6:46
1
1
I have heard of Category Theory referred to as Abstract Nonsense.
– DanielWainfleet
Dec 5 at 9:58
I have heard of Category Theory referred to as Abstract Nonsense.
– DanielWainfleet
Dec 5 at 9:58
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Perhaps it is just an inversion of the "different infinities" that set theorists study.
– symplectomorphic
Dec 5 at 3:11
@symplectomorphic So, the students are studying set theory but are making fun of a set theory concept?
– Jack Bauer
Dec 5 at 6:07
2
Calculus of finite differences?
– Cheerful Parsnip
Dec 5 at 6:24
@CheerfulParsnip Thank you!
– Jack Bauer
Dec 5 at 6:46
1
I have heard of Category Theory referred to as Abstract Nonsense.
– DanielWainfleet
Dec 5 at 9:58