Mathematics
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By studying the Higgs theory, theoretical physicists discovered, not through an experiment but with the power of mathematics, that the Higgs field does not necessarily exist only in the form that we observe today.
So why do we learn
mathematics?
Mathematics
is the science of patterns, and we study it to learn how to think logically, critically and creatively, but too much of the
mathematics
that we learn in school is not effectively motivated, and when our students ask, "Why are we learning this?" then they often hear that they'll need it in an upcoming math class or on a future test.
But wouldn't it be great if every once in a while we did
mathematics
simply because it was fun or beautiful or because it excited the mind?
Now, I show all this to you because, like so much of mathematics, there's a beautiful side to it that I fear does not get enough attention in our schools.
We write them out mathematically, and we see they use very similar
mathematics.
They require very similar
mathematics.
And the kind of
mathematics
that we had for the previous skin is almost the same as what we need for the next skin.
Because they use
mathematics
we already have.
So the
mathematics
for the adjoining skins is very similar to what we need for the new one.
And if he does this an infinite number of times, which you can do in mathematics, he ends up with an infinite number of lines, each of which has an infinite number of points in it.
We've found statistically significant improvement with children using this software in a
mathematics
class in comparison with a control group that did not have the software.
So it's really very successful teaching children that they have a heritage that's about mathematics, that it's not just about singing and dancing.
He's actually quite remarkably gifted in
mathematics.
It's a model that's made with mathematics, and like the physical models of the 19th century, it's very important for thinking about causes.
When I was seven, a private tutor who used to come home to teach me
mathematics
molested me.
The man responsible, who runs the national bank there, by the way, won an Ig Nobel prize in
mathematics.
Today I want to talk to you about the
mathematics
of love.
But I also know that that doesn't mean that
mathematics
hasn't got something that it can offer us, because, love, as with most of life, is full of patterns and
mathematics
is, ultimately, all about the study of patterns.
Because I believe that
mathematics
is so powerful that it has the potential to offer us a new way of looking at almost anything.
And so, to try to persuade you of how totally amazing, excellent and relevant
mathematics
is, I want to give you my top three mathematically verifiable tips for love.
Thankfully, there's a rather delicious bit of
mathematics
that we can use to help us out here, called optimal stopping theory.
But actually, the
mathematics
and subsequent findings by the team have shown the exact opposite is true.
But I hope, that aside from their use as tips, they also give you a little bit of insight into the power of
mathematics.
So I hope that perhaps, for just a couple of you, a little bit of insight into the
mathematics
of love can persuade you to have a little bit more love for
mathematics.
The evolutionary game simulations that I showed were specifically about perception, and they do show that our perceptions have been shaped not to show us reality as it is, but that does not mean the same thing about our logic or
mathematics.
We haven't done these simulations, but my bet is that we'll find that there are some selection pressures for our logic and our
mathematics
to be at least in the direction of truth.
So a kid who's 14 in high school gets this version of the Pythagorean theorem, which is a truly subtle and interesting proof, but in fact it's not a good way to start learning about
mathematics.
And this kind of proof is the kind of proof that you need to learn when you're learning
mathematics
in order to get an idea of what it means before you look into the, literally, 1,200 or 1,500 proofs of Pythagoras' theorem that have been discovered.
Here's a video about abstract
mathematics.
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