> So the major reason for studying it is coming up with a pattern that can be us...

		username332211 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The cultural divide between mathematics and AI > So the major reason for studying it is coming up with a pattern that can be used in future work. Surely, reducing the infinite way in which polygons can be placed on a plane to a finite set, no matter how large, must involve some pattern useful for future work?

But why stop at “some” pattern when you can find the most general pattern.