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Notes on Formal Constructivism 形式建构主义笔记
Pub Date : 2002-06-01 DOI: 10.5642/HMNJ.200201.26.09
D. Joyner, P. Lejarraga
Our aim is to sketch some ideas related to how we (as in, we two) think we (as in, we humans) think. "That theory is useless. It isn't even wrong." Wolfgang Pauli. Our hope in this paper is to provide a theory, admittedly somewhat vague, of how we think about mathematics. We also hope our ideas do not cause the reader to be reminded of Pauli's quote above. These notes were motivated by the interesting book by Changeaux and Connes [CC]. REALISM VS CONSTRUCTIVISM Realism: Mathematical objects exist independently of experience (or "physical reality") which we process using our senses (smell, touch, sight, ... ) and interpret using our brain. For example, Descartes speaks of a triangle as an "immutable and eternal" figure whose existence is independent of the mind which imagines it. Similar statements are made regarding God by many religious experts. Constructivism: Mathematical objects exist solely in the mind as a certain electro-chemo-biological pattern of neurons, synapses, chemicals, ... in the brain. For an extreme example, Hume believed that ideas are merely copies of sense impressions. Examples: Alain Cannes (and probably most mathematicians) are realists. For example, the famous quote of Kronecker's, "The integers are made by God, all else is made by man," indicates a realist point-of-view. On the other hand, the biologist Jean Pierre Changeux and philosopher David Hume are constructivists (though Hume is the more extreme). Poincare was possibly a constructivist in this sense (see [D], chapter 9). The realist position might be roughly summarized as 28 follows: The physical world is modeled as much as possible by mathematics. Mathematicians merely discover what is already in existence. The constructivist position might be summarized as follows: Models for the physical world are constructions of the mind (only) and all such mental constructs exist solely as electro-chemo-biological patterns of neurons, ... in the brain. To the question, "Why is mathematics so well-suited to the description of physics?", the constructivist might counter that physicists tend to examine reproducible phenomena which tend to have "universal" characteristics. Hence mathematics, which is also universal, is admirably suited for physical description. POINTS OF AGREEMENT • Mathematics provides a "universal language", i.e., a grammar and set of terms which can be understood by anyone (sufficiently trained), independently of their cultural background. • There is a "physical world" independent of our mind (which, however, we sense using our brain and sensory organs). • Mathematical objects can be represented as a certain electro-chemo-biological pattern of neurons, synapses, chemicals, ... in the brain. • A given mathematical construction can be represented as a program in a "Turing machine". (Using an over-simplification, these representations are modeled using neural networks, which are related to Turing machines [M].) FORMAL CONSTRUCTIVISM AssoRTED THOUGHTS OF OuR OwN •
我们的目的是概述一些与我们(也就是我们两人)如何思考我们(也就是我们人类)如何思考有关的想法。“这种理论是没用的。这根本不算错。”沃尔夫冈·泡利不相容。我们在这篇论文中的希望是提供一个理论,诚然有些模糊,关于我们如何思考数学。我们也希望我们的想法不会让读者想起泡利上面的话。这些笔记的灵感来自Changeaux和Connes的一本有趣的书[CC]。现实主义与建构主义现实主义:数学对象独立于经验(或“物理现实”)而存在,我们用感官(嗅觉、触觉、视觉等)处理经验。用我们的大脑来解释。例如,笛卡尔说三角形是一个“不变的和永恒的”图形,它的存在是独立于想象它的心灵的。许多宗教专家也对上帝作了类似的陈述。建构主义:数学对象仅以神经元、突触、化学物质等组成的某种电化学生物模式存在于大脑中。在大脑里。举个极端的例子,休谟认为观念只是感觉印象的复制。例子:阿兰·坎纳(可能还有大多数数学家)是现实主义者。例如,克罗内克的名言“整数是上帝创造的,其他都是人创造的”,表明了一种现实主义的观点。另一方面,生物学家让·皮埃尔·昌格(Jean Pierre Changeux)和哲学家大卫·休谟(David Hume)则是建构主义者(尽管休谟更为极端)。在这个意义上,庞加莱可能是一个建构主义者(见[D],第9章)。现实主义的立场可以大致概括如下:物理世界是尽可能用数学来建模的。数学家只是发现已经存在的东西。建构主义的立场可以概括如下:物理世界的模型(仅仅)是心灵的构造,所有这些心理构造都仅以神经元的电化学-生物模式存在……在大脑里。对于“为什么数学如此适合描述物理?”这个问题,建构主义者可能会反驳说,物理学家倾向于研究具有“普遍”特征的可再现现象。因此,同样具有普遍性的数学非常适合于物理描述。•数学提供了一种“通用语言”,即任何人(经过充分训练)都能理解的语法和一套术语,而不受其文化背景的影响。•有一个“物质世界”独立于我们的思想(然而,我们用我们的大脑和感觉器官来感知)。•数学对象可以表示为神经元、突触、化学物质等的某种电化学生物学模式。在大脑里。•给定的数学结构可以表示为图灵机中的程序。(通过过度简化,这些表示使用与图灵机相关的神经网络建模[M]。)虽然数学可能确实是普遍的,但它的发展和现状受到文化和人类经验的启发和影响。人文数学网络学报第26期
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Letters and Comments, Issue 26, 2002 书信与评论,2002年第26期
Pub Date : 2002-06-01 DOI: 10.5642/HMNJ.200201.26.24
D. Tahta
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Teaching As Though Students Mattered: A Biography of Alvin White As Told to Sandra Keith 《学生至上的教学:阿尔文·怀特对桑德拉·基思的传记
Pub Date : 2002-06-01 DOI: 10.5642/HMNJ.200201.26.22
A. White, Sandra Z. Keith
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Pat's Prologues: Introductions to the First Two Airings of Math Medley, A Radio Talk Show. 帕特的开场白:介绍数学杂烩前两次播出,一个广播谈话节目。
Pub Date : 2002-06-01 DOI: 10.5642/HMNJ.200201.26.08
P. C. Kenschaft
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal #26 25 stone in Basle. Today, the double helix carries both a biological meaning as well as an intimation of human destiny. In my childhood, the circle persisted as a potent magic figure in the playtime doggerel "Make a magic circle and sign it with a dot." The interested reader will find thousands of allusions to the phrase "magic circle" on the Web. Magic ellipses or rectangles are less frequent. The Buddhist mandalas which are objects of spiritual contemplation, embody highly stylized geometrical arrangements. The amulets and talismans that are worn on the body, placed on walls, displayed in cars; the ankhs, the crosses, the hexagrams, the outlined fish, the horseshoes, the triangular abracadabra arrangements and magical squares, the sigils (magical signs or images) of which whole dictionaries were compiled in the 17th century, the hex signs placed on house exteriors, all point to geometry in the service of religious or quasi-religious practice. There is a multitude of geometrical figures signs employed in kabbalistic practices, each associated with stars, planets, metals, stones, spirits, demons, and whose mode of production and use is specified rigorously. Wallis Budge, student of Near Eastern antiquities wrote: According to Cornelius Agrippa [physician and magician, 1486-1535], it is necessary to be careful when using a magical square as an amulet, that it is drawn when the sun or moon or the planet is exhibiting a benevolent aspect, for otherwise the amulet will bring misfortune and calamity upon the wearer instead of prosperity and happiness. Let semanticists and semioticists explain the relationship between our geometrical symbols and our psyches for it lies deeper than simple designation (e.g., crescent = Islam). The geometrical swastika, which over the millennia and cultures has carried different interpretations, is now held in abhorrence by most Americans. The memory of World War II is certainly at work here, but the geometry can go "abstract" and its meaning become detached from an original historic context. Why has Salvador Dali (1904-1989) in his large painting Corpus Hypercubus in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, placed a crucifixion against a representation of a four dimensional cube? Art historian Mar-tin Kemp has commented: Dali's painting does stand effectively for an age-old striving in art, theology, mathematics, and cosmology for access to those dimensions that lie beyond the visual and tactile scope of the finite spaces of up-and-down, left and right, and in-and-out that …
人文数学网络杂志第26期。今天,双螺旋结构既具有生物学意义,也预示着人类的命运。在我的童年时代,圆圈一直是玩耍时打油诗“做一个魔法圈,用一个点签名”中的一个强有力的魔法人物。感兴趣的读者会在网上找到成千上万的“魔法圈”的典故。神奇的椭圆或矩形不太常见。佛教的曼陀罗是精神沉思的对象,体现了高度风格化的几何排列。戴在身上、挂在墙上、陈列在汽车里的护身符和护身符;十字、十字架、六边形、鱼的轮廓、马蹄铁、三角形的abracadabra排列和神奇的正方形、整个词典在17世纪编纂的符号(神奇的符号或图像)、房屋外墙的六边形符号,所有这些都指向为宗教或准宗教实践服务的几何。在卡巴拉实践中使用了大量的几何图形符号,每一个都与恒星、行星、金属、石头、灵魂、恶魔有关,它们的生产和使用方式都是严格规定的。研究近东古物的学生沃利斯·巴吉写道:根据科尼利厄斯·阿格里帕(内科医生和魔术师,1486-1535年)的说法,在使用一个神奇的正方形作为护身符时,必须小心,它是在太阳、月亮或行星表现出仁慈的一面时绘制的,否则护身符将给佩戴者带来不幸和灾难,而不是繁荣和幸福。让语义学家和符号学家解释几何符号和我们的心理之间的关系,因为它比简单的名称(例如,新月=伊斯兰教)更深刻。千百年来,在不同的文化中有不同的解释的几何卐字,现在被大多数美国人所憎恶。第二次世界大战的记忆当然在这里起作用,但几何形状可以变得“抽象”,其意义脱离了原始的历史背景。为什么萨尔瓦多·达利(1904-1989)在纽约大都会博物馆展出的巨幅油画《超立方体》(Corpus Hypercubus)中,将一个十字架放置在一个四维立方体的代表上?艺术史学家martin -tin Kemp评论道:达利的绘画确实有效地代表了艺术、神学、数学和宇宙学领域的一种古老的努力,这种努力超越了上下、左右和进出的有限空间的视觉和触觉范围……
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When Is a Math Problem Really "Real"? 什么时候数学问题才是真正“真实的”?
Pub Date : 2002-06-01 DOI: 10.5642/HMNJ.200201.26.13
M. E. Goldberg
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Magic in a Box 盒子里的魔法
Pub Date : 2002-06-01 DOI: 10.5642/HMNJ.200201.26.17
Lacie Juris
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Marcy's Dots: A Problem on National Test Revisited 马西的斑点:重新审视全国考试中的一个问题
Pub Date : 2002-06-01 DOI: 10.5642/hmnj.200201.26.11
Patricia Baggett, A. Ehrenfeucht
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Special Section: On the Publication of the 26th Issue of the Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal 专题:《人文数学网络学报》第26期出版
Pub Date : 2002-06-01 DOI: 10.5642/HMNJ.200201.26.21
Sandra Z. Keith
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Humanizing Mathematics: The Humanistic Impression in the Course for Mathematics Teaching. 数学人性化:数学教学过程中的人文印象。
Pub Date : 2002-06-01 DOI: 10.5642/HMNJ.200201.26.06
A. Katsap
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History of Mathematics, an Intuitive Approach 数学的历史,一个直观的方法
Pub Date : 2002-06-01 DOI: 10.5642/HMNJ.200201.26.05
A. Garciadiego
The main goal of this essay is to discuss, informally, an intuitive approach to the history of mathematics as an academic discipline. The initial point of departure includes the analysis of some traditional definitions of the concept of 'history' taken from standard dictionaries. This concise dissection attempts to suggest the complexity of the discipline. The term 'history' is familiar to almost everyone, and most people believe they know its meaning intuitively. The lay person sometimes thinks of history in terms of dates, names, places and of colorful anecdotes on interesting characters. History provides a record of where someone lived and what he did. In short, history is the repository of the past. But what exactly is the history of mathematics as an academic discipline? The events that took place yesterday are now part of history. Photographs are history: they reflect the way we once were. History is studied in elementary school, especially that of student's native countries. Teachers, who often seem old enough to have taken part in some of the historical events, teach-over and over again-anecdotes, names, places, dates, and so on. Historical movies, TV programs and books are popular. The media affects the way people understand history as a discipline. Unfortunately, sometimes the public's knowledge of important historical issues is derived from the popular media (especially movies), and not from professional sources. Thus, their understanding of these events can be distorted. Unlike the word mathematics, the term history is used on a daily basis by the news media. Some reporters may believe that history is actually being made when they type or read the news. On occasions, reporters and anchormen have trouble attempting to disassoci-ate themselves from the event they are reporting on. Of course, in most cases, the term history is misused by professional reporters. Often, for example, TV sports commentators discuss player's individual records while narrating a baseball game. These statistics include the player's batting average, number of times at bat in the game, number of stolen bases, etc. Sometimes, the commentators also narrates the player's background. They mention the college the player attended; where he played in the minor leagues, his previous professional teams and so on. The commentator may also discuss some of the player's qualities as a human being (e.g., generosity, sportsmanship). Then, the sportscaster may try to explain why the player was motivated to become a professional. After the commentator has finished …
这篇文章的主要目的是讨论,非正式的,直观的方法来数学的历史作为一门学科。最初的出发点包括从标准词典中对“历史”概念的一些传统定义的分析。这种简明的剖析试图表明这门学科的复杂性。“历史”这个词几乎每个人都很熟悉,而且大多数人相信他们凭直觉就知道它的含义。外行人有时会从日期、名字、地点和有趣人物的趣闻轶事等方面来思考历史。历史记载了一个人住在哪里,做过什么。简而言之,历史是过去的宝库。但是数学作为一门学科的历史究竟是怎样的呢?昨天发生的事件现在已成为历史的一部分。照片就是历史:它们反映了我们曾经的样子。在小学学习历史,特别是学生的祖国历史。老师们似乎年纪很大,参与过一些历史事件,他们一遍又一遍地教授轶事、名字、地点、日期等等。历史电影、电视节目和书籍都很受欢迎。媒体影响着人们理解历史作为一门学科的方式。不幸的是,有时公众对重要历史问题的了解来自大众媒体(尤其是电影),而不是来自专业来源。因此,他们对这些事件的理解可能会被扭曲。与“数学”一词不同,“历史”一词每天都被新闻媒体使用。一些记者可能认为,当他们打字或阅读新闻时,历史实际上正在创造。有时,记者和主持人很难把自己从他们正在报道的事件中抽离出来。当然,在大多数情况下,“历史”这个词被专业记者误用了。例如,电视体育评论员经常在解说棒球比赛时讨论球员的个人记录。这些数据包括球员的击球率、比赛中的击球次数、盗垒次数等。有时,解说员也会解说球员的背景。他们会提到球员就读的大学;他在小联盟打球的地方,他以前的职业球队等等。解说员也可以讨论球员作为一个人的一些品质(例如,慷慨,体育精神)。然后,体育广播员可能会试图解释为什么球员被激励成为一名职业球员。在解说员结束后……
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