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A Mathematical Proof is Like Frodo's Journey In Lord Of The Rings

Magpie
Immortal


Jan 22 2015, 10:10pm

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A Mathematical Proof is Like Frodo's Journey In Lord Of The Rings Can't Post

I haven't read this... just posting a link/quote.

via io9:
scientist Marcus du Sautoy argued that a great mathematical proof is a lot like a story. In fact, a really great proof is like Frodo's journey in Lord of the Rings, from the familiar to the new.

Du Sautoy explains:

"A proof is like the mathematician's travelogue. [..]

[It's] a bit like Frodo's adventures in Lord of the Rings. A proof is a description of the journey from the Shire to Mordor. Within the boundaries of the familiar land of the Shire are the axioms of mathematics, the self-evident truths about numbers — together with those propositions that have already been proved. This is the setting for the beginning of the quest. The journey from this home territory is then bound by the rules of mathematical deduction, like the legitimate moves of a chess piece, prescribing the steps you're permitted to take through this world.


link to original Oxford University podcast: Narrative & Proof: Two Sides of the Same Equation.


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Ethel Duath
Half-elven


Jan 23 2015, 3:19am

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Calling Aunt Dora. :) // [In reply to] Can't Post

 



swordwhale
Tol Eressea


Jan 23 2015, 4:06am

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erp [In reply to] Can't Post

math is still an alien language to me....

but I feel it is merely another language to describe the workings of the universe...

I just can't speak Math

"Judge me by my size, would you?" Max the Hobbit Husky.





Eruonen
Half-elven


Jan 23 2015, 4:25pm

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I truly admire those to whom it comes easily. [In reply to] Can't Post

My wife, my son and to a lesser extent my daughter get math much more than I ever could. I struggled with it all through school but managed to get by....but that is it. My wife is an accountant CPA and my son is in materials science engineering so they have had plenty of exposure to higher math. My daughter is in high school and I cringe when she asks me for help...."wait till mom gets home" or, sometimes, online aids are very useful...Khan Academy etc. Or enter the problem in Google search and quite often you will find the exact problem solved.


swordwhale
Tol Eressea


Jan 23 2015, 5:26pm

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I am now wholly amused by [In reply to] Can't Post

Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
Academy...

there's a meme in this somewhere....

Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mýl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol...
To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying...





Eruonen
Half-elven


Jan 23 2015, 5:45pm

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Funny! Star Fleets top math teacher....flunked James T. KIrk gaining his immortal hatred. [In reply to] Can't Post

 


Meneldor
Valinor


Jan 23 2015, 11:02pm

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"You've managed to solve just about every thing else, Khan, [In reply to] Can't Post

but like a poor mathematician, you keep misplacing the decimal!"


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DwellerInDale
Rohan


Jan 24 2015, 6:34am

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Agree [In reply to] Can't Post

The sense of accomplishment one gets on finding a proof of a theorem is similar to Frodo's feeling of relief in ROTK when he knew the ring was destroyed...you want to say "It's finally done!"

Don't mess with my favorite female elf.






swordwhale
Tol Eressea


Jan 25 2015, 5:58pm

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because... [In reply to] Can't Post

no Watson.........

Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mýl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol...
To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying...





Arandiel
Grey Havens

Jan 26 2015, 5:23pm

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He wandered off to fight a dragon...// [In reply to] Can't Post

 


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swordwhale
Tol Eressea


Jan 27 2015, 2:44am

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so many fannish injokes [In reply to] Can't Post

so little time...


I will never be able to look at Sherlock and Watson the same way again....

or Bilbo and Smaug...

they should do more, like Bob Hope and Bing Crosby

Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mýl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol...
To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying...




 
 

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