Crazy stuff...
"All mathematics is divided into three parts: cryptography (paid for by CIA, KGB and the like) hydrodynamics (supported by manufacturers of atomic submarines) celestial mechanics (financed by military and other institutions dealing with missiles, such as NASA).
Cryptography has generated number theory, algebraic geometry over finite fields, algebra, combinatorics and computers.
Hydrodynamics procreated complex analysis, partial differential equations, Lie groups and algebra theory, cohomology theory and scientific computing.
Celestial mechanics is the origin of dynamical systems, linear algebra, topology, variational calculus and symplectic geometry.
The existence of mysterious relations between all these different domains is the most striking and delightful feature of mathematics (having no rational explanation)."
Goddamn!
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What do you think about it?
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I'm surprised to see it in an academic paper. But it is the way it is.
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Reminds me of this comic: https://xkcd.com/435/
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Just because they published it doesnt make it 100% true.
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