Thread 16733329

I'm really interested in hearing opinions here, why do you like to do math for fun? I generally view it as a tool for other applications, and don't see the point in pure math.

>>16733329 (OP)
Why do people like anything?
Math problems are a puzzle. Sometimes it's satisfying to work them out.

>>16733333
Spending days solving imaginary problems just for the challenge is a little shallow, don't you think?

>>16733342
You ever play a video game before?

Math is like a universe to explore and understand.
For a mathematecian such universe exists in the very moment you define its properties.

>>16733329 (OP)
>was good at it as a kid
>good community, so positive reinforcement
To be honest, I'm fucking sick of pure math

>>16733356
But, isn't it more fun when you deal with actual stuff instead of imagining things, like in physics?

>>16733377
No.

>>16733329 (OP)
It's fun. I hate solving problems, but I love finding deeper truths behind stuff.

>>16733388
This. The irony is that anyone who's decent at pure math will automatically be far better at problem-solving that all the physics and engineering fags who claim to love solving problems.

/sci/ is dead for real

>>16733506
no u

>>16733329 (OP)
>>16733377
There's a level of beauty in many pure mathematical results that have no apparent reflection in reality.
For a fairly well-known example, who would have guessed that there is a very real connection between the largest sporadic group - operating on nearly [math]10^{54}[/math] elements - and the coefficients of one of the most important functions whose domain is only the upper half of the complex plane?

Shit's all connected in ways you wouldn't know if you only focused on what you can meaningfully physically represent.

>>16733377
no

>>16733517
>one of the most important functions whose domain is only the upper half of the complex plane
the what now?

>>16733531
i'm not sure either

>>16733517
is this about GRH?

>>16733392
agreed