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Originally Posted by The_Cat
I don't know too many pure mathematicians who consider themselves artists !! 
Re: Use of Galois fields (ie. finite field arithmetic) in physics ? Where ?
We use these in the design of error control codes - our CD players would not work without them !!
Jeremy |
I did pure maths as an undergraduate before switching over to applied maths.
Pure mathematicians see beauty in their work based on the originality, simplicity and logic, somewhat like an art form, the applied mathematician is far more phelgmatic.
I found pure maths excruciatingly boring, abstract and difficult, I think you need to be passionate to succeed.
Sorry the sample size is small but it is based on personal observations.
Galois made significant contributions to Group Theory. Group theory is used extensively in particle physics.
Regards
Steven