“For math to thrive, it has to connect to nature. There is no other way.” — Van Vu
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yes! haha that's what i was trying to get at with awfully confusing meme .. my understanding is that point set topology didn't thrive for these very reasons you pointed out
of course i *do* think pure mathematics can thrive independent of reference to a physical object, so i do disagree with the quote on some level
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I think math can diverge from application for only so long before it becomes self-absorbed and isolated. It may develop independently for decades, but eventually it feeds back into application and draws inspiration from application, or it withers.
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interesting .. i'll have to think about that more .. i read "thrive" as "thrive at some point for a reasonably long time t" .. i believe you're reading is somewhere closer to meaning "thrive and continue to thrive for a time T>>t"
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