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Yeah -- these pure vs applied discussions can get messy...morphism said:This thread should be locked.
pivoxa is a ______ . many things go there. i choose dummy.Gib Z said:animalcroc, pivoxa15 asked us if we think "pure" is superior to "applied". If we voted no/equal, he asked why. We told him why, then he ignores that and continues as if we didnt make a decent point. look through the entire thread and just see how he does this. His last post just gave us an example of how he still thinks pure vs applied. We've told him its hard to differentiate between them anymore, a lot of pure mathematics can be applied in some way. Both complex analysists and computer scientists would like to see the Riemann hypothesis dis/proven, is the Riemann Hypothesis now in "applied maths"? To date no 'trick' has solved it.
pivoxa15 is a mathematical supremist, who a) thinks mathematicians are superior to any other scientists and b) "pure" mathematicians are better than the rest.
Considering this forum has many people who are primarily interested in biology, chemistry, etc etc, I recommend he finds a "pure" mathematics only forum, I'm sure he would like that.
is just silly. That is not a "clear reason", it is a meaningless reason. It says that "pure" mathematics is superior to "applied" mathematics because some problems in pure mathematics are hard and some problems in applied mathematics are easy! Some problems in pure mathematics are very easy and some problems in applied mathematics are very difficult. I rather suspect that the "multi-body" problem requires as deep thinking as any "pure" mathematics problem.One clear reason for me why I think pure maths is superior (to put it succinently and bluntely) to applied maths is the concentration one must exert when doing pure maths sometimes to the extent of headache. However with applied maths, it's sometimes just a 'trick' one needs to use or just trying different things. So there is much more an element of deep thinking in pure maths.
JasonRox said:I find Applied Mathematics way harder than Pure Mathematics!
pivoxa15 said:I always get the impression that pure maths is more superior meaning harder, grander than applied maths and that the smart people on average go into pure maths. Is this a misconception?
Also rarely is it that applied mathematicians switch into pure maths but the vice versa is plentiful.
I do find pure maths harder then applied maths.