Re: On Hardy's essay: "A mathematician's apology"
From: Herman Jurjus (h.jurjus_at_hetnet.nl)
Date: 01/12/05
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Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:42:56 +0100
John Savard wrote:
> On 10 Jan 2005 20:40:21 -0800, genkisaito@hotmail.com (Nobuo Saito)
> wrote, in part:
>
>
>>I think his apology was inadequate.
>>If he does not get money by studying mathematics, his apology is obviously okay.
>>Everyone can do whatever he likes to do as long as it's legal and not against
>>moral.
>>The fact was that he did get money from the government.
>
>
> But one can add to the apology.
>
> Yes, he did not know number theory could become useful in cryptography.
>
> But he could indeed have known that the boundary between pure and
> applied mathematics is subject to change.
>
> And that knowledge of advanced areas of pure mathematics may broaden the
> minds of people whose chief area of work is applied mathematics.
How about the other way around?
-- Cheers, Herman Jurjus
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