regentrude Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Has anyone seen this? Diagramming Math Sentences. Fun. http://comparativelysuperlative.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/math-sentence-diagram/#comments Well, since one can phrase every mathematical theorem, conjecture, statement, conclusion in the English language, of course one can diagram them. (It was just a matter of time until somebody actually did...) When mathematicians speak, they don't speak in weird symbols, but in English sentences. Those obey the rules of grammar. Of course, that does not mean the sentence makes any sense to non-mathematicians, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I feel kind of puzzled that anyone would go to so much trouble to prove that the mathematical statement was grammatically correct. Math relies on logic...logic is the foundation of grammar...the symbols are there to take all ambiguity, and the possibility of ungrammatical interpretation, out of the picture. So translating the symbols back to plain English, diagramming, then translating them back to symbols again, just feels ridiculously fruitless. The "diagram" is cute and nerdy though. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I thought it was a good way to show the languageness of math. Maybe the humanities preference folks can understand better. And it's fun. That's all :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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