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- Impossible Mathematics of the Real World (2017) http://nautil.us/issue/69/patterns/the-impossible-mathematics-of-the-real-world-rp 8 comments
- How do mathematicians build mathematical models of real-world situations? https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/nz2ldd/how_do_mathematicians_build_mathematical_models/ 10 comments math
- The Impossible Mathematics of the Real World http://nautil.us/issue/49/the-absurd/the-impossible-mathematics-of-the-real-world 10 comments math
- What branches of mathematics have no application to the real world? https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/4hmra8/what_branches_of_mathematics_have_no_application/ 50 comments math
- Mathematics and the "real" world http://www.scribd.com/doc/15765052/Our-World-May-Be-a-Giant-Hologram 61 comments askscience
- Is the Abstract Mathematics of Topology Applicable to the Real World? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9RsOPZuh70 28 comments math
- Why mathematics matters in the real world http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/why-mathematics-matters/5983140 253 comments philosophy
- Teaching "real world" mathematics http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/8744071/should-alice-marry-bob/ 13 comments math
- Cognitive scientist's game theory & mathematical logic for why organisms don't perceive the "real" world (18:07) https://www.youtube.com/watch?amp%3Bindex=1&%3Blist=PLyQeeNuuRLBU1kPBCZMeHQhsWGsWQOG6H&%3Bpp=sAQB&v=kiO2vKx6pcI 12 comments cogsci
- In 1874, Georg Cantor proved a result that shook the world of mathematics: that no infinite sequence, no matter how cleverly constructed, can contain every real number https://algorithmsoup.wordpress.com/2018/10/09/the-proof-that-shook-the-world-had-no-diagonals/ 61 comments math
- "The Impossible Mathematics of the Real World", by Evelyn Lamb: Near-miss math provides exact representations of almost-right answers. http://nautil.us/issue/69/patterns/the-impossible-mathematics-of-the-real-world-rp 4 comments math