Quantum Calculus

The current crisis in mathematics is unparalleled. Not that there had not been challenges before: the Pythagoreans had to grapple with the existence of irrational numbers. The Galois drama illustrates the crisis, when the realization dawned that explicit solution formulas to polynomial equations do not exist for degree 5 or … The post Shifting values in Math Education and Math Research appeared first on Quantum Calculus.

In 2-divisible groups, we can divide by 2.Are all 2-divisible Abelian groups natural? This question appears to be a big cardinality problem. The video below explains this a bit. When learning group theory one can have the impression that “abelian groups are boring”. After all there is simple fundamental theorem … The post 2-divisible groups appeared first on Quantum Calculus.

it is evident that we live in a time of extremely fast change with respect to epistemology, the way how we acquire known and gain new information. As a dinosaur, who has seen several “meteor impacts” (new math, math wars, the rise of the web, the moocs wars and now … The post Seismic shifts in epistemology appeared first on Quantum Calculus.

The September 8 event is comparable with the sputnik moment in the late 50ies. This was before I was born, but I felt the repercussions in my own education. We learned about set theory early in primary school. The “new math” revolution had come in the wake of the Sputnik … The post A Sputnik moment appeared first on Quantum Calculus.

In the legendary movie “The 13th worrior”, Helger of the Northmen reminds Ahmed Ibn Fahldlan in latin “propera, ut morti occurras”, which Melchisidek then translates as “Hurry to meet Death, before your place is taken.” I like that movie and mentioned it a couple of times We do not have … The post Secret Notebooks for math research? appeared first on Quantum Calculus.