alt Hacker NewsNo, it's a representation construct, i.e. how to describe some system in a given basis. The basis can be mathematical. Fourier coefficients for example.
No, it's a representation construct, i.e. how to describe some system in a given basis. The basis can be mathematical. Fourier coefficients for example.
Mathematics is a human language. It being a formal language doesn’t change that.
Further, it’s not objective: you’re choosing the basis which causes the complexity, but any particular structure can be made simple in some basis.