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10-03-2021, 07:46 PM
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Mathematics

Did we invent mathematics or did we discover it?

What do you think and why?
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10-03-2021, 08:01 PM
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Re: Mathematics

Originally Posted by Minx ->
Did we invent mathematics or did we discover it?

What do you think and why?
A bit of both I shouldn't wonder. Some problem had to be solved and some way to solve that problem needed to be created.
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10-03-2021, 08:04 PM
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Re: Mathematics

I discovered it at school!
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10-03-2021, 08:07 PM
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Re: Mathematics

I have Maths Anxiety...I just shut down when it comes to numbers and things. Funny how it doesn't affect me when I count up my change at the shops though.....!
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10-03-2021, 08:08 PM
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Re: Mathematics

A mathematician named Hall
Had a hexadronical ball
The cube of its weight
Plus his pecker plus eight
War four fifths five eights of sod all!
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10-03-2021, 08:20 PM
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Re: Mathematics

Originally Posted by Besoeker ->
A mathematician named Hall
Had a hexadronical ball
The cube of its weight
Plus his pecker plus eight
War four fifths five eights of sod all!
Hrm. Thank you Simon Armitage.
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10-03-2021, 08:28 PM
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Re: Mathematics

Originally Posted by The Artful Todger ->
Hrm. Thank you Simon Armitage.
Yes, he borrowed it from me...........
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10-03-2021, 09:27 PM
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Re: Mathematics

All of mathematics is abstract by its very nature.
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10-03-2021, 09:33 PM
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Re: Mathematics

Originally Posted by Dextrous63 ->
All of mathematics is abstract by its very nature.
I wonder............
"relating to or denoting art that does not attempt to represent external reality"
Bode diagrams are reality.
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10-03-2021, 10:23 PM
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Re: Mathematics

Originally Posted by Besoeker ->
A mathematician named Hall
Had a hexadronical ball
The cube of its weight
Plus his pecker plus eight
War four fifths five eights of sod all!
Nice one Besoeker...
 
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