Week 1 - Maths introduction

Finally, we are back at uni and we are fast getting back into the mindset of actually using our brains. I had no idea  what we were in for upon entering the first 9am Monday class but interestingly enough we were informed that a large section of semester 2 will revolve around the concepts of maths and art together as one. In the first class we didn't focus too much on the art side, rather we talked about maths and what it means to us as individuals. After all, maths is just a word, how do we describe it? Numbers? Symbols? Equations? All of these are correct but after debating with Andy for quite sometime my perception of  what mathematics is had truly transformed. It made me think about it from a completely different perspective. I have always thought of maths as a universal language that intertwines all things within our universe. However, I began to realize that perhaps mathematics is simply a construct of human nature, a complex tool that we have generated to bring about explanations of the unknown. It  is in our nature to strive and understand our surroundings, whether is be space, biology, or engineering. But if the human race was to be wiped out entirely, would our language of maths follow? We have seen time and time again that maths is not perfect. We are continuously adjusting the laws of physics for example to explain how things move and even how all things came about. But how do we determine what is true and what is false? There is no evidence, simply a patchwork formula. Being a space nut, I personally could talk  about the subject for an eternity. The first lecture, despite being an introduction has truly sparked my interest. Maths is a wonderful thing to study, it not only relates to how all things were created but it also has relevance to such human creations as art. This language of mankind truly is an amazing concept that in has weaved its way through everything we see around us in an infinite web. Maths is much more than  numbers, symbols, and equations, it is beauty.


maths is art