
Alex Kontorovich on the Absolute Truth of Pure Math
The Joy of x
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Numbers, Geometry and Arithmetic Have Now Collided
Numbers, geometry and arithmetic have suddenly come together. Somehow the numbers one, two, three are magically appearing in this question about packing circles together. That seems ye to to us in math, that that's ecstasy, that's euphoria. Wry, that the two worlds of numbers and pictures have suddenly collided.
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