Schlagwort: Mathematik

Wiskunste.

Ik zweef tussen de wiskunde en de kunst.

M.C. Escher (gelezen door Robin Lutz)

Functowerset.

I saw now that in my desire to know theorics I had taken shortcuts that, just like shortcuts on a map, turned out to be longcuts. Whenever I’d seen Jesry get it quicker than me, I had misread equations in a way that had seemed easier at the time but made things harder—no, impossible—later.

Fraa Orolo in Anathem by Neal Stephenson

Immerpressive.

The world's first linear algebra book with fully interactive figures.

J. Ström, K. Åström, and T. Akenine-Möller: Immersive Linear Algebra

Taboo: DEL Edition.

How to tell apart mathematicians and philosophers: Do you need the words "transitive" or "closure" to explain common knowledge?

Type It Easy.

[...] as a rough-and-ready indication of what we mean by a "type," we may say that individuals, classes of individuals, relations between individuals, relations between classes, relations of classes to individuals, and so on, are different types.

Bertrand Russell: Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy