as you know I read you're blog all the time, and the website, ...I'm a fan. But, recently I was thinking about what drives mathematics, and I thought perhaps I should let you know a thought I had; it's simple really...mystery, that's what drives a mathematician. That's what drove pythagoras, Euclid, Andrew Wiles and others. Do you agree?
You've got me thinking! I'm not sure that mystery is my main drive. I came to maths [again] through programming where my enjoyment came from getting things to work and I'm a bit like that with maths—I see that!
But it is more than that, the more I learn the more I see my ignorance, the more I want to learn and the more I see the need for a greater care.
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Hi Neil,
as you know I read you're blog all the time, and the website, ...I'm a fan. But, recently I was thinking about what drives mathematics, and I thought perhaps I should let you know a thought I had; it's simple really...mystery, that's what drives a mathematician. That's what drove pythagoras, Euclid, Andrew Wiles and others. Do you agree?
keep up the posts,
regds,
Patrick
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hi Patrick
Thanks for the kind words.
You've got me thinking! I'm not sure that mystery is my main drive. I came to maths [again] through programming where my enjoyment came from getting things to work and I'm a bit like that with maths—I see that!
But it is more than that, the more I learn the more I see my ignorance, the more I want to learn and the more I see the need for a greater care.
I sense a blog post coming on!
arb
neil