How did we figure out that the Earth is a sphere? The Sun. It shines the light which imprints the Earths shadow on the face of the Moon. No matter the angle with which the light hits the Earth a shadow of a circle appears. The only three dimensional object with this property is a sphere. We cannot understand the Earth on its own because we live in/on it. We need both the sun as source of illumination and the moon as a surface to reflect the shadow of Earth onto.
The purpose of this blog is to shine a light on Mathematics, from different angles, in order to cast various shadows of its true architecture on the surface of our understanding. Each shadow is a local presentation of the global phenomenon that is Mathematics and will allow us to sense different facets, aspects, utilities, and phenomenologies associated with Mathematics, Doing Mathematics and Experiencing Mathematics while always knowing that each of the shadows are but a mere analogy and cannot, on their own, reveal the true shape of Mathematics itself.
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