Mathematics: Pure, Applied, A Liberal Art ( Al Erisman, Seattle Pacific University)
Mathematics: Pure, Applied, A Liberal Art ( Al Erisman, Seattle Pacific University)
From the view of a pure mathematician, those working in pure mathematics produce pure knowledge. Whether used or not, it has a great elegance and value in and of itself. Those in applied mathematics simply pick up what has been done and use it in designing or building things. Number theory is often used to […]