Today's Word Is Understanding

Today's word is understanding. Twenty-seven Fields medallists say solving famous problems isn't the point of math; online, people rolled their eyes and called it guild protection. Professor Wobble's answer: Faraday watched magnets, Maxwell made it math, the math predicted radio waves, and then came radio, TV and phones.

When 27 Fields medallists declared that solving famous problems is not in itself the point of mathematics, AI enthusiasts online rolled their eyes and called it guild protection; two applied mathematicians answer that the understanding behind a solution is what turns into technology, as Faraday's observations of magnets became Maxwell's equations, which predicted electromagnetic waves and led to radio, television and cellphones.

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