Re: What is Mathematics?

Han de Bruijn wrote:

> Mathematics is two things: the ART of creating ideas, and the SCIENCE of
> applying those ideas to real world material.

Ah, forgot one thing: the DISCIPLINE to _reject_ ideas if it turns out
that these ideas cannot appliccable. The discipline is the hardest part,
for groups as well as for individuals.

So Mathematics is three things: the ART of creating ideas, the SCIENCE
of applying these ideas to real world material, and the DISCIPLINE to
reject ideas for which it's is evident that they cannot be matched to
any real world material.

Han de Bruijn