An open-ended inquiry / Vol. 01

MATHEMATICAL
WORLDS.

An experimental laboratory for
the philosophy of mathematics.

Make something. Compare it. Change the rules.
Find the questions inside the mathematics.

xyy = 21.259920FIG. 01 / A ROOT, BEFORE A CONSTRUCTIONA number can exist beyond your tools.
01 / EXISTENCE∛2

What does it mean for a mathematical object to exist?

Explore
02 / IDENTITY

When are two mathematical objects really the same?

Explore
03 / TRUTH

Which assumptions make a statement true or provable?

Enter a world
01

A number you cannot draw

Is ∛2 constructible?
02

Different names, the same structure

Are C₄ and ℤ/4ℤ the same object?
03

A world without Choice

What changes when an axiom is withheld?
The laboratory principle

First, an object.
Then, a calculation.
Then, a question.

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