Comments on: Algebra: the Faustian bargain http://divisbyzero.com/2010/07/26/algebra-the-faustian-bargain/ A blog about math, puzzles, teaching, and academic technology Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:59:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: L’algèbre démoniaque « Blogdemaths http://divisbyzero.com/2010/07/26/algebra-the-faustian-bargain/#comment-1718 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:19:40 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=3047#comment-1718 [...] ici. Mots-clefs : algèbre, diable, Michael [...]

]]> By: ¡No te entregaré mi alma! « El Tornillo Condensado de Hewitt http://divisbyzero.com/2010/07/26/algebra-the-faustian-bargain/#comment-1655 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 04:51:32 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=3047#comment-1655 [...] Michael Atiyah visto en Division by Zero, vía Gaussianos (que, de yapa, se pregunta algo [...]

]]> By: El alma de las matemáticas « Juanjomath's Blog http://divisbyzero.com/2010/07/26/algebra-the-faustian-bargain/#comment-1494 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:36:18 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=3047#comment-1494 [...] Traducción propia (y por tanto muy libre) de Division by Zero [...]

]]> By: Computers beat the devil? « Maxwell’s Demon http://divisbyzero.com/2010/07/26/algebra-the-faustian-bargain/#comment-1430 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:17:57 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=3047#comment-1430 [...] am a little behind the times on this, but Dave Richardson recently posted a quote from Micheal Atiyah: Algebra is the offer made by the devil to the mathematician. The devil says: I will give you this [...]

]]> By: Bryan Alexander http://divisbyzero.com/2010/07/26/algebra-the-faustian-bargain/#comment-1420 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:41:18 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=3047#comment-1420 That’s beautiful: funny, and mind-blowing.

Now if only I knew that quote when I started algebra in high school, after doing poorly in geometry under an awful teacher…

]]> By: El alma de las matemáticas | Gaussianos http://divisbyzero.com/2010/07/26/algebra-the-faustian-bargain/#comment-1416 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:02:18 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=3047#comment-1416 [...] Traducción propia (y por tanto muy libre) de Division by Zero [...]

]]> By: Mugizi http://divisbyzero.com/2010/07/26/algebra-the-faustian-bargain/#comment-1410 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:58:09 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=3047#comment-1410 LOL, that is awesome!

Reminds me of this famous quote attributed to Herman Weyl:

“In these days the angel of topology and the devil of abstract algebra fight for the soul of every individual discipline of mathematics.”

Interesting that many prominent mathematicians seemed to have a strong preference for geometry… (yeah, sample size of two …)

]]> By: Sue VanHattum http://divisbyzero.com/2010/07/26/algebra-the-faustian-bargain/#comment-1409 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:57:26 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=3047#comment-1409 Mmm, I like that. I like algebra, but it hides the meaning in a problem so often.

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