What Marcus du Sautoy thinks about mathematics

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Mathematician; Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, and author of The Music of the Primes and The Creativity Code.

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2 dated positions, 2016, in their own words. Our reading of what Marcus du Sautoy has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 7 Jul 2016

   Our readingWhat counts as mathematics is an aesthetic selection among true statements about numbers, not every such statement itself.

   Their wordsMathematics does not consist of true statements about numbers just as music is not simply a sequence of notes.

   ↗Messiaen, Maths and Me.findingmoonshine.blogspot.com 1st of 2 in this piece

3. 7 Jul 2016

   Our readingThe discovery of the Mathieu group M12 gave mathematicians their first sense of how complex the world of symmetry could be.

   Their wordsThe discovery of this sophisticated symmetrical object was the first inkling for mathematicians of how complex the world of symmetry would turn out to be.

   ↗Messiaen, Maths and Me.findingmoonshine.blogspot.com 2nd of 2 in this piece