Usefulness of Number Theory
May 15th, 2007 by WaltWhen Gauss called number theory the queen of mathematics, he had in mind its future usefulness to the military-industrial complex. Discuss.
When Gauss called number theory the queen of mathematics, he had in mind its future usefulness to the military-industrial complex. Discuss.
May 15th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
When bloggers throw out inane counterfactuals/hypotheticals to “discuss” they’ve got writer’s block.
Discuss.
May 15th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Or they simply have found the most oblique way conceivable to announce open threads.
May 15th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Isn’t an open thread the same thing? That or it’s an “I’m too busy to update on my regular schedule.”
May 15th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Not in this case. I have a big backlog, and I’m aiming for a daily posting schedule.