Riemann geometry, chicken or the egg?
- From: bootlace <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 25 Oct 2006 15:10:12 EDT
Many mathematical representations are borne from observation. For
example base 10 likely developed logically from counting fingers on
the human hand. Early astronomical observations inspired the math to
build the pyramids etc etc.
During the mid 1800's when Riemann was evolving his theories,
Euclidean geometry was completely adequate to describe the
observations of Newtonian physics.
Only since the turn of the century has modern physics turned to
Riemann geometry to represent and describe observations. How is it
that the math theory developed first before the observations?
.
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