Which math-phobic among us has not beseeched God for help with another colon-clenching algebra or calculus exam? read more
” Math is not a religion. Mathematics has no gods associated with it. This analogy doesn’t work. read more
Believing that math is independent from God, we approach math as a “safe” subject—a subject we can all see the same way, regardless of our religious beliefs. After all, the equation one plus one equals two (“1 + 1 = 2”) works the same way for a Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, or atheist. read more
[math]\implies b[/math] is even (which contradicts our assumption the fraction [math]\frac{a}{b}[/math] is in lowest terms, as both a and b are even and have a common factor 2.) [math]\implies \sqrt{2}[/math] is irrational. There is a story related to this. In ancient Greece, Pythogoreans considered math as a religion. Apeiron and Peras were the Gods. read more