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Faith Believes, Hope Expects: The Impact of Calvin's Theology on the Mathematics of Chance 信心相信,希望期待:加尔文神学对偶然数学的影响
Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: arxiv-2407.13312
Timothy C. Johnson
This paper attributes the sudden emergence of mathematical probability andstatistics in the second half of the seventeenth century to Calvin's Reformedtheology. Calvin accommodated Epicurean chance with Stoic determinism andsynthesised emph{phronesis/prudentia}, founded personal experience andemployed to deal with emph{tyche/fortuna}, and emph{episteme/scientia},universal knowledge. This meant that matters of chance, which had previouslybeen considered too particular for mathematical treatment, became part ofemph{episteme/scientia}. Clear evidence of the significance of Calvin inmathematics is in the facts that Huygens considered using the word 'hope' todescribe mathematical expectation and French mathematics still usesemph{esp'erance} for mathematical expectation. Calvin asserted that Hoperepresented a universal, objective and indubitable idea making itcharacteristic of mathematics. The argument is built on a review of how theideas of Hope, Faith and Prudence have evolved in European thought thathighlights Calvin's innovations. The conclusion identifies contemporary issuesin the application of mathematics in society that are illuminated in light ofCalvin's doctrine.
本文将十七世纪下半叶突然出现的数学概率论和统计学归因于加尔文的改革神学。加尔文将伊壁鸠鲁的偶然性与斯多葛的决定论结合起来,合成了建立在个人经验基础上的(emph{phronesis/prudentia})和处理普遍知识的(emph{tyche/fortuna})。这意味着,以前被认为过于特殊而不适合用数学处理的偶然性问题,成为了 "经验/科学 "的一部分。惠更斯曾考虑用 "希望 "一词来描述数学期望,而法国数学至今仍用 "希望 "来描述数学期望,这些事实都清楚地证明了加尔文在数学中的重要性。加尔文断言,"希望 "代表了一种普遍、客观和不可否认的观念,使其成为数学的特征。本文的论点建立在对希望、信仰和审慎的思想在欧洲思想中的演变过程的回顾之上,突出了加尔文的创新。结论指出了根据加尔文的学说所揭示的数学在社会中应用的当代问题。
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Golden ratio in graph theory: A survey 图论中的黄金分割率:调查
Pub Date : 2024-07-09 DOI: arxiv-2407.15860
Saeid Alikhani, Nima Ghanbari
Much has been written about the golden ratio $phi=frac{1+sqrt{5}}{2}$ andthis strange number appears mysteriously in many mathematical calculations. Inthis article, we review the appearance of this number in the graph theory. Moreprecisely, we review the relevance of this number in topics such as the numberof spanning trees, topological indices, energy, chromatic roots, dominationroots and the number of domatic partitions of graphs.
关于黄金分割率$phi=frac{1+sqrt{5}}{2}$的文章已经很多了,这个奇怪的数字在许多数学计算中都神秘地出现过。在本文中,我们将回顾这个数字在图论中的出现。更确切地说,我们回顾了这个数在诸如生成树数、拓扑指数、能量、色根、支配根和图的支配分区数等主题中的相关性。
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Algorithmic methods of finite discrete structures. Automorphism of Nonseparable Graphs 有限离散结构的算法方法。不可分割图的自动形态
Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: arxiv-2407.12045
Sergey Kurapov, Maxim Davidovsky
The monography examines the problem of constructing a group of automorphismsof a graph. A graph automorphism is a mapping of a set of vertices onto itselfthat preserves adjacency. The set of such automorphisms forms a vertex group ofa graph or simply a graph group. The basis for constructing a group of graphautomorphisms is the concept of orbit. The construction of an orbit is closelyrelated to the quantitative assessment of a vertex or edge of a graph, calledweight. To determine the weight of an element, graph invariants built on thespectrum of edge cuts and the spectrum of edge cycles are used. The weight ofthe graph elements allows identifying generating cycles and forming orbits.Examples are given of constructing a group of automorphisms for some types ofgraphs.
这本专著探讨了构建图的自动形态群的问题。图的自动映射是指将顶点集合映射到自身并保留邻接性的映射。这种自动形的集合构成图的顶点群或简称图群。构建图自形群的基础是轨道的概念。轨道的构建与图的顶点或边的定量评估(称为权重)密切相关。要确定元素的权重,需要使用基于边切割谱和边循环谱的图不变式。根据图元素的权重可以识别生成循环和形成轨道。
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Fitting an Elephant with Four non-Zero Parameters 用四个非零参数拟合大象
Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: arxiv-2407.07909
Dian Jin, Junze Yuan
In 1953, Enrico Fermi criticized Dyson's model by quoting Johnny von Neumann:"With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make himwiggle his trunk." So far, there have been several attempts to fit an elephantusing four parameters, but as the problem has not been well-defined, thecurrent methods do not completely satisfy the requirements. This paper definesthe problem and presents an attempt.
1953 年,恩里科-费米(Enrico Fermi)引用约翰尼-冯-诺依曼(Johnny von Neumann)的话批评了戴森的模型:"用四个参数我就能拟合一头大象,用五个参数我就能让它扭动躯干"。迄今为止,人们已经多次尝试用四个参数来拟合大象,但由于问题没有得到很好的定义,目前的方法并不能完全满足要求。本文对这一问题进行了定义,并提出了一种尝试。
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A Moonshot for AI Oracles in the Sciences 科学界人工智能神谕的登月计划
Pub Date : 2024-06-25 DOI: arxiv-2406.17836
Bryan Kaiser, Tailin Wu, Maike Sonnewald, Colin Thackray, Skylar Callis
Nobel laureate Philip Anderson and Elihu Abrahams once stated that, "even ifmachines did contribute to normal science, we see no mechanism by which theycould create a Kuhnian revolution and thereby establish a new physical law." Inthis Perspective, we draw upon insights from the philosophies of science andartificial intelligence (AI) to propose necessary conditions of precisely sucha mechanism for generating revolutionary mathematical theories. Recentadvancements in AI suggest that satisfying the proposed necessary conditions bymachines may be plausible; thus, our proposed necessary conditions also definea moonshot challenge. We also propose a heuristic definition of theintelligibility of mathematical theories to accelerate the development ofmachine theorists.
诺贝尔奖得主菲利普-安德森(Philip Anderson)和伊莱休-亚伯拉罕(Elihu Abrahams)曾经说过:"即使机器确实为正常科学做出了贡献,我们也看不到它们能够创造库恩革命从而建立新物理定律的机制"。在本视角中,我们借鉴科学哲学和人工智能(AI)的观点,提出了产生革命性数学理论的必要条件。人工智能的最新进展表明,通过机器来满足所提出的必要条件可能是可行的;因此,我们所提出的必要条件也定义了一项登月挑战。我们还提出了数学理论可理解性的启发式定义,以加速机器理论家的发展。
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A Topology Scavenger Hunt to Introduce Topological Data Analysis 介绍拓扑数据分析的拓扑寻宝游戏
Pub Date : 2024-06-21 DOI: arxiv-2406.15580
Lori Ziegelmeier
Topology at the undergraduate level is often a theoretical mathematicscourse, introducing concepts from point-set topology or possibly algebraictopology. However, the last two decades have seen an explosion of growth inapplied topology and topological data analysis, which are topics that can bepresented in an accessible way to undergraduate students and can encourageexciting projects. For the past several years, the Topology course atMacalester College has included content from point-set and algebraic topology,as well as applied topology, culminating in a project chosen by the students.In the course, students work through a topology scavenger hunt as an activityto introduce the ideas and software behind some of the primary tools intopological data analysis, namely, persistent homology and mapper. Thisscavenger hunt includes a variety of point clouds of varying dimensions, suchas an annulus in 2D, a bouquet of loops in 3D, a sphere in 4D, and a torus in400D. The students' goal is to analyze each point cloud with a variety ofsoftware to infer the topological structure. After completing this activity,students are able to extend the ideas learned in the scavenger hunt to anopen-ended capstone project. Examples of past projects include: usingpersistence to explore the relationship between country development andgeography, to analyze congressional voting patterns, and to classify genres ofa large corpus of texts by combining with tools from natural languageprocessing and machine learning.
拓扑学在本科阶段通常是一门理论数学课程,介绍点集拓扑学或代数拓扑学的概念。然而,在过去的二十年中,应用拓扑学和拓扑数据分析得到了爆炸式的发展,这些课题可以以本科生易于理解的方式呈现,并能鼓励学生开展令人兴奋的项目。在过去的几年里,马卡莱斯特学院的拓扑学课程包括了点集拓扑学、代数拓扑学以及应用拓扑学的内容,最后由学生选择一个项目。在课程中,学生们通过拓扑学寻宝游戏来介绍拓扑数据分析的一些主要工具,即持久同调和映射器背后的思想和软件。这个寻宝游戏包括各种不同维度的点云,如二维的环状云、三维的环状云、四维的球状云和四维的环状云。学生的目标是使用各种软件分析每个点云,以推断拓扑结构。完成这项活动后,学生可以将寻宝游戏中学到的想法扩展到开放式毕业设计项目中。过去的项目包括:利用持久性探索国家发展与地理之间的关系、分析国会投票模式,以及结合自然语言处理和机器学习工具对大型文本语料库进行流派分类。
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Mathematical Entities: Corpora and Benchmarks 数学实体:语料库和基准
Pub Date : 2024-06-17 DOI: arxiv-2406.11577
Jacob Collard, Valeria de Paiva, Eswaran Subrahmanian
Mathematics is a highly specialized domain with its own unique set ofchallenges. Despite this, there has been relatively little research on naturallanguage processing for mathematical texts, and there are few mathematicallanguage resources aimed at NLP. In this paper, we aim to provide annotatedcorpora that can be used to study the language of mathematics in differentcontexts, ranging from fundamental concepts found in textbooks to advancedresearch mathematics. We preprocess the corpora with a neural parsing model andsome manual intervention to provide part-of-speech tags, lemmas, and dependencytrees. In total, we provide 182397 sentences across three corpora. We then aimto test and evaluate several noteworthy natural language processing modelsusing these corpora, to show how well they can adapt to the domain ofmathematics and provide useful tools for exploring mathematical language. Weevaluate several neural and symbolic models against benchmarks that we extractfrom the corpus metadata to show that terminology extraction and definitionextraction do not easily generalize to mathematics, and that additional work isneeded to achieve good performance on these metrics. Finally, we provide alearning assistant that grants access to the content of these corpora in acontext-sensitive manner, utilizing text search and entity linking. Though ourcorpora and benchmarks provide useful metrics for evaluating mathematicallanguage processing, further work is necessary to adapt models to mathematicsin order to provide more effective learning assistants and apply NLP methods todifferent mathematical domains.
数学是一个高度专业化的领域,有其独特的挑战。尽管如此,针对数学文本的自然语言处理研究相对较少,而且针对 NLP 的数学语言资源也很少。本文旨在提供注释语料库,用于研究不同语境下的数学语言,范围从教科书中的基本概念到高级研究数学。我们利用神经解析模型和一些人工干预对语料库进行预处理,以提供语篇标签、词性和依赖树。我们总共提供了三个语料库中的 182397 个句子。然后,我们将利用这些语料对几个值得关注的自然语言处理模型进行测试和评估,以展示这些模型如何适应数学领域并为探索数学语言提供有用的工具。我们根据从语料库元数据中提取的基准对几个神经和符号模型进行了评估,结果表明术语提取和定义提取并不容易推广到数学领域,还需要做更多的工作才能在这些指标上取得良好的性能。最后,我们提供了一个学习助手,利用文本搜索和实体链接,以对上下文敏感的方式访问这些语料库的内容。尽管我们的语料库和基准为评估数学语言处理提供了有用的指标,但仍有必要开展进一步的工作,使模型适应数学,从而提供更有效的学习助手,并将 NLP 方法应用于不同的数学领域。
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From Concrete to Abstract in Indian Mathematics 印度数学从具体到抽象
Pub Date : 2024-06-14 DOI: arxiv-2406.10147
Jaidev Dasgupta
Despite the extensive amount of scholarly work done on Indian mathematics inthe last 200 years, the conditions under which it originated and evolved isstill not clear. Often, one reads the ancient texts with the present conceptsand methods in mind. The fact of absence of script over a long stretch ofIndian history in ancient times also gets overlooked in such readings. Thepurpose of this article is to explore the journey of mathematics by examiningwhat the ancient texts tell us about the nature of mathematics in their times.What one finds from the investigation of arithmetic, geometry and algebra isthat while it was concrete and context bound, rooted in solving practicalproblems in ancient times, Indian mathematics transitioned to context free,abstract stage with the advent of algebra supported by writing.
尽管在过去的 200 年里,学术界对印度数学进行了大量研究,但其起源和发展的条件仍然不甚明了。通常,人们在阅读古籍时会考虑到现在的概念和方法。在这样的阅读中,人们也忽略了古代印度历史中长期没有文字的事实。通过对算术、几何和代数的研究,我们发现,虽然古代数学是具体的、受语境约束的,植根于解决实际问题,但随着有文字支持的代数的出现,印度数学过渡到了无语境、抽象的阶段。
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The work of Walter Bergweiler in value distribution of meromorphic functions 沃尔特-伯格韦勒在微函数值分布方面的工作
Pub Date : 2024-06-14 DOI: arxiv-2406.09992
Alexandre Eremenko
This is a colloquium talk in CAU, Kiel delivered on June 7, 2024 on theoccasion of Walter Bergweiler's retirement. Walter's work on meromorphicfunctions consists of two parts: generalizations of Picard's theorem todifferential polynomials, and the applications of the rescaling principle knownas the Bloch Principle. Since the talk was aimed at the general audience, abrief introduction to Nevanlinna theory is included.
这是 2024 年 6 月 7 日在 Walter Bergweiler 退休之际在基尔 CAU 发表的学术演讲。沃尔特在meromorphicfunctions方面的研究包括两部分:Picard定理对微分多项式的推广,以及被称为布洛赫原理的重定标原理的应用。由于讲座的对象是普通听众,因此还包括对 Nevanlinna 理论的简要介绍。
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A non-circular concept of number inspired by Gottlob Frege's definition 受戈特洛布-弗雷格定义启发的非循环数概念
Pub Date : 2024-06-13 DOI: arxiv-2406.08715
Marco Aurélio Spohn
Gottlob Frege ingeniously presented a purely logical definition of theconcept of number. However, one can claim that his definition is, in some way,circular, as it relies on the concept of one-to-one relation. The concept ofnumber only makes sense when it presents the property of projection/reflectionor binding. When we consider a number as an abstraction of objects, whateverthey may be, saying that a number that belongs to the concept F is the same asthat which belongs to the concept G means there is a projection/reflection, orbinding, between the objects in F and the objects in G. We present a definitionbased on both equivalent approaches. First, we introduce the definition basedon the relations of projection and reflection; then, we present the definitionbased on the relation of binding.
戈特洛布-弗雷格巧妙地提出了一个关于数概念的纯逻辑定义。然而,我们可以说他的定义在某种程度上是循环论证,因为它依赖于一对一关系的概念。只有当 "数 "的概念具有 "投射/反射 "或 "约束 "的特性时,它才是有意义的。当我们把数字视为对象(无论它们是什么)的抽象时,说属于概念 F 的数字与属于概念 G 的数字相同,就意味着 F 中的对象与 G 中的对象之间存在着投射/反射或绑定。首先,我们介绍基于投影和反射关系的定义;然后,我们介绍基于绑定关系的定义。
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