Drama of the Diagonal
"The beautiful in mathematics
resides in contradiction.
Incommensurability, logoi alogoi, was
the first splendor in mathematics."
— Simone Weil, Oeuvres Choisies,
éd. Quarto , Gallimard, 1999, p. 100
resides in contradiction.
Incommensurability, logoi alogoi, was
the first splendor in mathematics."
— Simone Weil, Oeuvres Choisies,
éd. Quarto , Gallimard, 1999, p. 100
Logos Alogos
by S. H. Cullinane
"To a mathematician, mathematical entities have their own existence, they habitate spaces created by their intention. They do things, things happen to them, they relate to one another. We can imagine on their behalf all sorts of stories, providing they don't contradict what we know of them. The drama of the diagonal, of the square…"
— Dennis Guedj, abstract of "The Drama of Mathematics," a talk to be given this July at the Mykonos conference on mathematics and narrative.
For the drama of the diagonal of the square, see