First, it's not true that number theory has no applications. But the quote reminds me of G. H. Hardy who wrote a famous book with the title "Pure Mathematics". He allegedly lost interest in his research when applications of it were discovered.
Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 3:53 AM Prof David West <profw...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > Came across this quote recently and it reminded me of several > conversations with Frank and others about "pure" mathematics. > > *"Thank God that number theory is unsullied by any application."* Leonard > Dickson > > Similarly for "pure" science, Hertz spoke of his research as, *"of no use > whatsoever, just an experiment to prove Maestro Maxwell was right."* > > davew > > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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