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卷三 2 · 数学的未来

Mathematics grows by creating new connections, not by merely extending a list.

数学通过创造新联系生长,不是单纯加长清单。

The future belongs to structures that organize many problems at once.

未来属于能同时组织许多问题的结构。

The Future of Mathematics turns method into a visible object of mathematical reflection.

卷三 2 · 数学的未来 把方法本身变成可以被数学反思的对象。

What makes a new theory fertile?

什么让一个新理论有生命力?

It lets old problems be recognized as cases of a clearer relation.

它让旧问题被认出是更清楚关系的特例。

与哈代数学审美 hardy-apology/overview、非欧几何原作 non-euclidean-originals/lobachevsky-overview、分析严密化史 math-meta/topic-calculus-and-analysis-rigor 和拓扑学起源 math-meta/topic-topology-origins 对读。