Mathematical component in events, objects and phenomena

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The magic of numbers is the basis of all the achievements of civilization. Thanks to complex calculations, planes move through the air, and cars and trains are rapidly rushing along different routes on the ground. With the use of the mathematical component, spacecraft flights are carried out, statistical forecasts and business plans are made, and the energy of the atom is tamed. This mistress of the exact and natural sciences dominates even in such disciplines as linguistics and medicine. More information about the possibilities of number magic can be found in the book "Mathematical Component". It reveals to the reader many tricks and secrets that have become the basis of the laws of the surrounding reality, and also talks about the use of graphs and formulas in various fields of activity.

The world through the eyes of a mathematician

Most people do not even think about the fact that any material objects, ongoing events and natural phenomena can be described using abstract concepts. But professionals in this field think differently.

Creating their work on the mathematical component, Andreev, Konovalov andPanyunin - the editors of the book - decided to change the existing opinion. The result is a fascinating manual for people who want to subtly feel the mechanisms of our world.

An inexperienced reader has the opportunity to understand that the modern mathematical apparatus has been built for centuries through fundamental research. And its successful application in practice required years and decades of complex experiments.

The talent to talk about the difficult

One of the editors of the book "Mathematical Component" - a prominent scientist Nikolai Andreev from childhood showed interest in the exact sciences. A little later he graduated from Moscow State University, studied at graduate school and defended his dissertation. Then he worked at the Steklov Institute. He did a lot to promote and popularize mathematics, created his own website, where he posted fascinating articles and stories about scientific truths, visualizing a variety of subjects.

For his work, he was awarded the Presidential Prize in 2010 and the Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2017. This person has many talents, but the main one is the ability to tell the audience about complex intricate things in incredibly simple and accessible language. Thinking together with the famous scientists Sergey Konovalov and Nikita Panyunin "Mathematical component", he only continued the work of promoting the scientific discipline he loved so much.

Popularize difficult truths

In an effort not to alienate the reader, the authors of the work deliberately avoidedtexts with complex theorems and incomprehensible formulations. A popular style is chosen for presentation, full of descriptions and colorful images. This is a colorful kaleidoscope of stories with references to famous names, theories, discoveries and formulas.

Introducing the audience to the mathematical component, Andreev and his colleagues offer an exceptionally special look at the surrounding reality. In fact, the book has almost two dozen authors. Among them are academicians, doctors, candidates, famous scientists. The names of all creators are listed on the first pages of the publication.

Color code

The book is divided into three parts. Moreover, each of them, for colorful perception and the best assimilation by the reader of what is written, has its own color code:

• The "blue" part, composed of short texts, is designed to prove the urgent need for mathematics for the existence and development of human civilization.
• "Green" is a selection of peculiar scientific folklore in the processing of editors. All stories tell about the mathematical component in everyday life. You should not even look for formulas in these sections, they simply do not exist. This once again proves that the book is intended for the widest range of inquisitive readers. They can be politicians, statesmen, humanitarians, ordinary workers, prominent scientists, that is, representatives of all professions, even schoolchildren.
• The "Red" part was written for a more serious audience, here the authors are trying to find people who are really interested and passionate about this topic as literary interlocutors.

Internet and mathematics

At first glance, the World Wide Web is built spontaneously. The filling of content and the indication of links as links between sections of the Internet is not subject to strict laws and is not controlled by anyone. This complex system, consisting of "free" elements, it would seem, simply cannot have a mathematical component, yielding to strict calculations. But professionals think differently.

The authors of the publication represent the Network in the form of a graph. It has its vertices, which represent Internet sites, and its edges are hyperlinks. The web graph resulting from accurate reflection is a real monster with billions of edges and vertices. It is practically a living being that is constantly changing, supplementing and evolving. It is about the Internet that one of the most interesting sections of the “Mathematical Component” tells, causing a keen interest among readers, especially active Internet users and content creators.

From Euclid to Lobachevsky

Natural sciences, as you know, are engaged in the study of natural phenomena that are not related to the manifestation of human will. The principles of philosophical naturalism involve the use of the acquired knowledge and the laws of the surrounding world for the benefit of civilization. Mathematics is not usually classified as a natural discipline. It, together with logic, is united in the community of formal sciences. This is just a tool on the basis of which a person learns the laws of nature.

From the very first pages of the described book, the reader has the opportunity to learn about the role of the mathematical component in the study of natural sciences, when the most abstract and crazy, at first glance, theories suddenly became fundamental for solving the most complex and most useful practical problems. The benefit from the "eccentricities" of geniuses becomes obvious. There are plenty of examples of this in the book. One has only to show interest and browse its fascinating pages.