Is pure mathematics worth spending tax money for it?

From: Nobuo Saito (genkisaito_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/10/04 

Date: 10 Jun 2004 13:53:36 -0700

I think every ecconomically advanced nation spends money anually,
if not much, supporting researchers for pure mathematics
like number theory, algebraic geometry, differential topology,
etc. I heard arithmetic geometry on elliptic curves
has an application for cryptology. But I don't know many examples
which justify spending people's money for pure mathematics.

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