When you hear "math," what comes to mind? Functions, equations, exams... Most people hate it. Same here. For the record, I was dead last in math at school ^0^ Still can't do it.
But I thought about it differently. Is math really just about calculations?
NASA let us hear the sounds of space
Space has no sound. It's a vacuum. No air means no sound.
But NASA released sounds of space. Jupiter's sound, Saturn's rings, black hole sounds. Search YouTube. It's mind-blowing 'ã……' (highly recommend)
How is this possible? They captured electromagnetic waves from planets, converted those numbers into numbers humans can hear, and played them through speakers. Numbers to numbers to sound.
This is also math ã…‡0ã…‡....
Machines are math too
ChatGPT, translators, facial recognition right now — all math. Computers don't know Korean. Don't know English either. They only know numbers. 0 and 1.
Type "Hello" and the computer converts it to numbers, calculates numbers with numbers, and converts the result numbers back to letters to show you. All numbers. All math.
The body is math too
Body temperature maintains a constant number. When that number goes off, you get sick.
When you go to the hospital, what does the doctor look at? Numbers. Blood pressure, pulse, temperature, blood sugar. All numbers. Whether you're healthy or sick is judged by numbers.
Nature is math too
This might be obvious. Planets are already numbers. Earth is numbers. Nature inside that Earth is numbers and math.
So what is math..
I call math "math-language."
English is a language. Japanese is a language. Spanish is a language. These are tools for humans to communicate with each other.
I call these "natural languages."
(I named it myself 'ã……' don't come at me ã…‡0ã…‡ )
But math? Isn't this a language to communicate with the world?
Hearing space sounds is math, knowing if your body is healthy is math, AI talking is math... too many to count... 'ã……'
Math is not a school subject. No wonder school math was boring 'ã……'
Anyway, it's fascinating. So fascinating 'ã……'