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Sometimes I run into this claim
But what are some examples? Is it perhaps the discovery of binary numbers and then their much later application to computers?
Or what about this?
There are of course many other cases where mathematical concepts were first developed with no particular intended application, and then later found application in an unexpected physical domain.
But what are some examples? Is it perhaps the discovery of binary numbers and then their much later application to computers?
Or what about this?
In yet other cases, many mathematical concepts have been developed from their own merit and find essentially no application in describing the laws of nature.