Dear At,
>That comment was meant to you, Leo
>and others who once upon a time had been drilled to say, when
>wakened in the deadly hous of early morning, saying >unconsciously
>"y is equal to m times x plus c"
>when asked
>"what is the formula of a straight line".
Thank you, and yes, I felt somehow personally asked and also embarrassed
that I couldn't find out why you brought the straight, linear line into
the picture. For me, linear algebra is a classical masterpiece of
mathematical art. And I very well remember the Aha! when I realized what
is meant by isomorphism between (physical) content and (mathematical)
form. How many physical content (y, z) can be handled by the same form
(mx+c).
> "Linear thinking is not to see form in content"
I have sent my puzzled asking just before lunch break. On my way home, I
created another perspective on the "change y=mx+c to z=mx+c". Although I
sent it the same day, it just arrived today on the list as LO22824. Now I
recognise that I found examples of "not to see (same) form in (changed)
content". But what I sense as beauty in order of physical diversity (the
ability to aply one mathematical form), turns out to be a devastating
limitation in case of living, conscious, self-aware humans.
Liebe Gruesse
Winfried
--"Winfried Dressler" <winfried.dressler@voith.de>
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