Re: Word Order in typology

>whereas number theory is
>wonky and irregular, and advances only when fundamental connections
>with the rest of mathematics (typically analysis) are found.
>(And why it's number theory that has my heart, for I love
>wonky and complicated domains.)
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Funny, I was never too keen on number theory. *shrugs* I believe in the
rigour of mathematics and I find some of it elegant and beautiful, but I
get bored in the end if I don't find much in the way of practical
application for an area of study, and number theory is less useful from
a practical point of view than so many other things (unless you have
secrets.... I'm not really interested in encrypting anything)... Most
recently over the holidays I've been reading some interesting books on
differential forms, which are really very interesting and not really
covered rigourously by any module I've done at university so far.