Talk:Mathematics/to do
Improve references and inline citations throughout- Add distinct Introduction / Overview section?
- Meant to be a very accessible segue
- Can include Proposed definitions discussion
- Maybe also Etymology from the history section?
- Expand History section some
- More about math outside direct Greek -> Islamic -> Modern lineage
- A bit more on China, India, Japan, Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
- Note universality & ability for ideas to transplant
One or two sentences noting Hellenistic -> Byzantine -> Islamic continuity?
- More about math outside direct Greek -> Islamic -> Modern lineage
- Expand on connection to philosophy and liberal arts
- Probably want to keep it very brief
- Maybe a subsection under History?
- Suggestion: don't add a distinct philosophy of mathematics subsection
- Has previously led to scope-creep; just mention & link-out instead
- Add a section for mathematical technologies & tools
- Could also include converse discussion of "abstract machines"
- E.g. Archimedes' method, Carnot engine, Turing machine, etc.
- Could also include converse discussion of "abstract machines"
- Add brief discussion about number sense & numerical cognition
- Also centralize discussion of other thought processes here?
- E.g. abstraction, analysis, synthesis, pattern-recognition
- Also centralize discussion of other thought processes here?
- Expand In society section further
Add summary subsection for mathematics education- Add subsection for collaboration & publication
- Brief sketch of math in academia, including publication process
- Also introduce examples / terms like Crelle's Journal, Nachlass, etc.
- A lot can be exported to the mathematician article
- Brief subsection for mathematicians as a subculture / in pop-culture?
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