Math is Pretty

I was hired by Amazon three months ago to work on large systems — i.e., software that spans thousands of computers. Amazon is one of only a few companies that works with software at this scale. I’m currently working in their cloud computing division that allows you to rent virtual computers online, scalably send messages to virtual queues, and store terabytes on the Web.

Which brings us to this blog. While I worked at Lina, the focus here was on Lina. With this change in employment, this blog can be focused on a topic of my choosing. I have chosen mathematics and the blog’s title has changed as a result from “Code to an Imaginary Number” to “Math is Pretty.”

The title of the blog reflects my experience of mathematics as a beautiful aesthetic whose value transcends its truth statements. I believe most mathematicians experience mathematics this way and one of the main gaps between people who love mathematics and those who don’t is a lack of development of this aesthetic sense. My hope with this blog is to help readers bridge that gap and learn to see beneath the equations and numbers.

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