earn your daily wage first before abstractions
#OpenChallenge  #mathematics  Strict Note to the Mathematics Community “Earn Your Daily Wage First, Then Think Abstraction” The Revolution of Geometrifying Trigonometry by Sanjoy Nath Prologue Dear Mathematics People, Engineers are not angry without reason. They build bridges, weld beams, and measure tolerances in millimeters. Yet the people who design mathematical languages for them live in clouds of n-dimensional abstraction. You talk about infinity; they fight misaligned bolts. Sanjoy Nath’s Philosophy of Geometrifying Trigonometry arises as a revolt from the shop floor a revolution against sterile abstraction, returning arithmetic to the Euclidean plane of daily life. 1. Learn Earning concrete Before You do Abstract “Earn your daily salary first; then talk abstraction.” Mathematics must justify itself through contact with real work. Concrete geometry  not ornamental theory earns its keep. When you sketch a structure, align two plates, interpret ratios as calipers, you...