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Re: [Phys-L] problems with the teaching of algebra

Some say that mathematics is studying (or playing with) Patterns.

Numbers often are a useful tool to Display or Explain the patterns, but the numbers are not the math (usually).

My wife & I find the Patterns of Numbers to be a good way to while away the hours when stuck in a boring environment such as the ER. ;-)



On Oct 18, 2014, at 5:05 AM, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:

b) To a mathematician, math is something else entirely.
I know some pretty serious mathematicians who are not
very good at basic arithmetic.

I don't even know what to call this type of math. Maybe
"the art of mathematics". I think of it as "math with
panache", with style, with class.