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In prose, surrounding letters can disambiguate a questionable letter — e.g. you can guess that the fourth letter of hou*e has to be an s. But in mathematical expressions we mix symbols from different alphabets, in different orders, so context can’t assist us — and when we guess, we often guess wrong.
specific pointers for how to write your mathematics in a clear manner, as well as to explain some of the reasons why formal mathematics is written the way it is.
Feb 28, 2011 · So, we do use letters because we gain compactness, we gain simplicity and we do not waste too much time writing, but the benefits of that are only achievable if we combine with clear definitions and organized line of thought.
- Pythagoras of Samos
- Richard Feynman
- Albert Einstein
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi
- Alan Turing
Taking us all the way back to the Ancient Greeks, we’ll begin with Pythagoras of Samos. 1. He lived from 570 BC - 495 BC. 2. When living so far in the past, it’s difficult to know much about his life. What we do know is that he travelled a lot when he was young, before settling in Italy. Here he started teaching philosophical ideas that were centre...
Now let’s fast-forward to 20th century America and the genius that was Richard Feynman. 1. He lived between 1918-1988. 2. After studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he went on to Princeton University, and became a Professor of theoretical physical at Cornell University. 3. Applying Maths to Science, his contribution to Physics won...
Of course when celebrating Feynman’s discoveries, it’s important to celebrate the ideas that inspired him, from the one and only, Albert Einstein. 1. Born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany, Einstein was the son of a salesman father, Hermann and a mother, called Pauline. Surprisingly, he didn’t come from a scientific background. 2. Early on in his life at sch...
Now it’s time to celebrate some women who made a mark in the field of Maths, starting with Maria Gaetana Agnesi.She was born in Milan Italy and lived between 1718-1799.She was the first woman to write a book on Mathematics and also the first to be appointed as a professor of the subject at university level.Her first book was called Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana, which translates to Analytical Institutions for the Use of Italian Youth. This was published in 1748, when Maria wa...Born in London, in 1912, Alan Turing’s mathematical skills were noticed early on in his life, whilst at school. From equations to tough concepts, he managed to understand things which even adults found challenging. 1. After finishing school, he attended Cambridge University to study Maths, before inventing the Universal Machine. 2. This can be unde...
Story of Srinivasa Ramanujan, from his early self-study of math to the pivotal letter that opened up opportunities for writing important theorems and papers.
John Horton Conway, an English mathematician, was renowned for his contributions across diverse mathematical areas such as finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory, and coding theory.
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Like Roman numerals, their system borrowed letters; like the Arabic numerals we still use, it only needed one symbol for each decimal place. In the 6th century BCE, the Greek alphabet used 24...
