Monthly Archives: November 2022

the great math mystery

Posted on 2022-11-11 by olikilo

just watched this very amusing documentary, which after showing math effectiveness and ineffectiveness to describe, model, predict, our reality, researching the question whether math is invented or discovered. my, not so subtle, thoughts on this:1. who cares2. unanswerable3. how usable … Continue reading →

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N is a number. A portrait of Paul Erdős

Posted on 2022-11-05 by olikilo

Just watched this documentary about this remarkable mathematician, who lived between 1913 and 1996. Remarkable for the number of publications, remarkable for the number off people he published with and remarkable for traveling with a half full suite case and … Continue reading →

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