In 2001

Mathematics is a beast. It is now a few hundred years since anyone could be said to have had a a thorough knowledge of the entire discipline. This is simply because of its scope. As a result it seems to be becoming harder to define what mathematics is and what it isn’t. Let’s begin with…

In order to thrive when doing mathematics we need to understand what it is that we are doing. The title of this post is a place to begin. When you read it, do you agree or disagree? Are you mentally exploring the implications of the statement? I encourage you to. My purpose is to find…