Do mathematicians sometimes overstate the applications of some pure math topics? Eg claiming that a pure math topic has "an application to" some real world object when it is actually only "inspired by" some real world scenario?myaccountformath

Do mathematicians sometimes overstate the applications of some pure math topics? Eg claiming that a pure math topic has "an application to" some real world object when it is actually only "inspired by" some real world scenario?

This subreddit is for discussion of mathematics. All posts and comments should be directly related to mathematics, including topics related to the practice, profession and community of mathematics.

Has anyone else found that pursuing math has made it harder to find time to explore topics purely out of curiosity?

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21st century examples of the math community being surprised by a result contrary to widely held beliefs?

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Low cutoffs (eg 80 for an A) does not inherently mean a course is more lenient!

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Do mathematicians sometimes overstate the applications of some pure math topics? Eg claiming that a pure math topic has &quot;an application to&quot; some real world object when it is actually only &quot;inspired by&quot; some real world scenario?

Has anyone else found that pursuing math has made it harder to find time to explore topics purely out of curiosity?

21st century examples of the math community being surprised by a result contrary to widely held beliefs?

Low cutoffs (eg 80 for an A) does not inherently mean a course is more lenient!

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Generate random digits and append them to the end of your number until the number is prime. Let Z be the number of digits of the prime. Does this process terminate with probability 1? What can be said about the distribution of Z?

Generate random digits and append them to the end of your number until the number is prime. Let Z be the number of digits of the prime. Does this process terminate with probability 1? What can be said about the distribution of Z?

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Cases where people over-apply mathematical results to situations that they don&#39;t necessarily apply to?

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Do mathematicians sometimes overstate the applications of some pure math topics? Eg claiming that a pure math topic has "an application to" some real world object when it is actually only "inspired by" some real world scenario?

When learning a language, a common difficulty is when a single word from the primary language corresponds to multiple words in the new language. Eg for -> por/para, to be -> ser/estar. Do native speakers think of these pairs of words as being connected at all? Do they ever mix them up?

What are the biggest novel results in other fields that are attributable to category theory?

What results in math are possible by "coincidence" (or at least initially appeared to be)?

Have any Fields medalists gone on to do their most significant work after winning the medal?

Monkey's paw offer: The general population gains an appreciation for the beauty and creativity of math BUT the field faces the same challenges in terms of funding and prioritization that arts and music do. Would you take that deal?

What's a better analogy for explaining how much/little mathematicians use/need arithmetic skills? Spelling for authors or knife skills for head chefs

Cases where people over-apply mathematical results to situations that they don't necessarily apply to?

Do authors with last names later in the alphabet get disadvantaged by papers often being referred to as "FirstAuthor et al."?