The World of Blind Mathematicians - http://www.ams.org/notices...
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"He notes that most blind mathematicians are or
were working in geometry. But why geometry, the
most visual of all areas of mathematics? “It’s pure
thinking,” Giroux replied. He explained that, for example,
in analysis, one has to do calculations in
which one keeps track line-by-line of what one is
doing. This is difficult in Braille: To write, one must
punch holes in the paper, and to read one must turn
the paper over and touch the holes. Thus long
strings of calculations are hard to keep track of ... By contrast, “in geometry, the
information is very concentrated, it’s something you
can keep in mind,” Giroux said. What he keeps in
mind is rather mysterious"
- mkz
"Sossinski points out that it is not
so suprising that many blind mathematicians work
in geometry. The spatial ability of a sighted person
is based on the brain analyzing a two-dimensional
image, projected onto the retina, of the three-dimensional
world, while the spatial ability of a blind
person is based on the brain analyzing information
obtained through the senses of touch and hearing.
In both cases, the brain creates flexible methods
of spatial representation based on information
from the senses. Sossinski points out that studies
of blind people who have regained their sight show
that the ability to perceive certain fundamental
topological structures, like how many holes something
has, are probably inborn. “So a blind person
who has regained his eyesight can at first not distinguish
between a square and a circle,” Sossinski
writes. “He just sees their topological equivalence.
On the other hand he sees immediately that a torus
is not a ball.”"
- mkz
"Some blind mathematicians actually read TEX
source files directly; Giroux does so using a
refreshable Braille touch-screen. He said it is more
comfortable to have an audio recording of a paper,
but before having a recording made, he wants to
know whether the paper is really interesting to
him. Reading TEX files provides quick and direct access
to the documents. Of course, TEX files are
meant to be read by computers rather than humans
and are therefore cumbersome and verbose. Nevertheless,
Giroux said that their easy availability
through electronic preprint servers and journals
represents “huge progress” in his ability to stay in
touch with current research. Books are a bigger
problem than papers; although TEX is the standard
way of publishing mathematics books, obtaining the
TEX files from publishers is not a straightforward
process."
- mkz
"mathematics is in some ways more accessible
for the blind than other professions. One reason
is that mathematics requires less reading because
mathematical writing is compact compared to other
kinds of writing. “In mathematics,” Salinas noted,
“you read a couple of pages and get a lot of food
for thought.”"
- mkz
"Bernard Morin is a mathematician, blind since childhood, former Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University. Professor Morin was interested in the ways in which the Optiverse differs from his Morin eversion, but he could not understand the difference, because he could not see the computer-rendered Optiverse movie." - Uc boyutlu yaziciyla sekilleri cikartmislar, elleriyle dokunarak anlamis, filmi seyretmek yerine. Yukaridaki foto da bu seriden alinmaymis galiba. - http://emsh.calarts.edu/~mathar...
- mkz
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- mkz
Iknci paragraph cok ilginc geldi..Giroux baba adam, cok degerli isleri var, cok da saygi goren birisi. Ote yandan, yaklasik 11 yil once iddia ettigi ama tam ispatini yazmamakta direttigi bir sonuc yuzunden huysuzlanan bir suru insan biliyorum. Bu sonuc belki su an itibariyle 200 civarinda makalede temel kabul. Sonuc hakkinda tek soyleyecegim hem cok dogal hem de cok sok edici olmasi. Ne yalan soyleyeyim ben az biraz detaylari anlamaya calsitigim yillar once, bunu anca kor birisi dusunebilirdi demistim. Ispatin nasil olacagi konusunda yazdigi 10 sayfalik bir not var ama kesinlikle bazi kisimlari aciklama gerektiriyor. Cok kafali bir suru insan cokca vakitlerini ayirip ugrasmalarina ragmen bu detaylari dolduramadilar.... Riemann, Gauss ve daha bir cok insana atfedilen bir kisim sonuclarin simdiki ispatlari/tam ispatlari cok sonradan gelistirilmis ispatlar. Insan omru kisa guzel fikirleri cesaretle soylemek lazim. Ama tum detaylari gormek isteyen cok insan var simdi....
- Abid Balik
Niye doldurmuyormuş boşlukları, bir şey diyor mu?
- mkz
"bunu anca kor birisi dusunebilirdi" clara'nın dediğine destek olmuş.
- mkz
kendisine soran birisine "sonuctan kesinlikle suphem yok ama kisa/makul bi yazma yolu goremiyorum" demis.
- Abid Balik