What Is the Beauty of Mathematics

• Shunji Yamanaka (@Yam_eye)

• There are two types of “beauty” that we perceive through nature. One is the aesthetic experience we receive directly from landscapes and living creatures, and the other is the aesthetic experience we obtain when we see the underlying rules. In the past, the former belonged to artists and the latter belonged to scientists.

• #special Lecture at Tama Art University

• https://twitter.com/Yam_eye/status/1462090326944923650?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

• In mathematics, things that are considered beautiful

• This is related to what I personally like, so it seems meaningful to pursue it.

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#explaining things simply Doing it

Basically,

• Is this the same argument as Technological determinism?#determinism

• It seems to be a simpler argument though

• 20201229

  • I couldn’t explain why I seek simplified and abstract descriptions until now, but recently I’ve been thinking that it’s not about “beauty” or anything like that, but simply about convenience.
    • When we abstract, we can process various complex specifics with simple descriptions (easier for the brain to process).
    • Furthermore, if we abstract well, we can adapt to unknown phenomena.
      • This is probably related to probability, as a simple causal chain is more likely to occur.
        • (I wonder how much humans rely on causal chains in their perception)
      • The “well” abstraction is the sweet spot in Machine Learning (avoiding Overfitting).

• https://twitter.com/fukuso_sutaro/status/1418859563290402823?s=21

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