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fishfry wrote:
In article <1144302342.684015.169250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"fraternitydisposal@xxxxxxxxx" <fraternitydisposal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there any methodology for inventing fundamenta ideas in mathematics?
I always fascinated of making a parallel field in mathematics.Is it
possoble. Folks ..what do u think?
Start with a difficult, unsolved problem. Solve it; and in so doing,
pioneer new techniques and ideas. That's a very common pattern in math
history.
Oddly reminded of the Monty Python skit
How to rid the world of all known diseases
(from http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches)
Which I will now bore the newsgroup with:
The cast:
ALAN
John Cleese
NOEL
Graham Chapman
JACKIE
Eric Idle
The sketch:
(Cut to a sign saying 'How to do it'. Music. Pull out
to reveal a 'Blue Peter' type set. Sitting casually
on the edge of a dais are three presenters in sweaters
- Noel, Jackie and Alan - plus a large bloodhound.)
Alan: Hello.
Noel: Hello.
Alan: Well, last week we showed you how to become
a gynaecologist. And this week on 'How to do it'
we're going to show you how to play the flute,
how to split an atom, how to construct a box girder
bridge, how to irrigate the Sahara Desert and make
vast new areas of land cultivatable, but first,
here's Jackie to tell you all how to rid the world
of all known diseases.
Jackie: Hello, Alan.
Alan: Hello, Jackie.
Jackie: Well, first of all become a doctor and
discover a marvellous cure for something, and
then, when the medical profession really starts
to take notice of you, you can jolly well tell
them what to do and make sure they get everything
right so there'll never be any diseases ever again.
Alan: Thanks, Jackie. Great idea. How to play the
flute. (picking up a flute) Well here we are. You
blow there and you move your fingers up and down
here.
Noel: Great, great, Alan. Well, next week we'll be
showing you how black and white people can live
together in peace and harmony, and Alan will be
over in Moscow showing us how to reconcile the
Russians and the Chinese. So, until next week,
cheerio.
Alan: Bye.
Jackie: Bye.
(Children's music.)
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