alt Hacker NewsMaths lacks the physical grounding, so in that sense, it's less "real", and more "made up", even though of course it's so pure.
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pestatije • today at 9:38 AM
its the same... physics hand-waves the 'why' all the same as chemistry or biology...the gap might be wider but its the same
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Downvoters are probably misunderstanding this. Mathematical theory is based on axioms and inference. The axioms do not have to be true in any cosmic sense for the math to be correct or even useful.