Introduction

Mathematical Conundrum Series

This post is part of a series of posts that should be read in order:

Mathematical Conundrum Series

• Introduction
• Foundations - The Counting Numbers
• Foundations - The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
• The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic - Part 2
• The Inverse Naturals and The Euler Product
• The Conundrum
• The Conundrum - Free Will and Choice

I started this blog back in 2005 and really never made use of it. I have decided now, 19 years later, to revive it and hopefully use it. I am not sure if anyone at all will ever read it, but none the less, I would like to document some of the things that I think about and have questions about. 

The first topic I think I will begin talking about are some simple questions I have about mathematics. I will start with my own personal experience in mathematical education and how I think I was misled (to some degree) with assumptions and shortcuts built into that education that to some degree shaped my world view and have robbed me from seeing things in a more open and unlimited way. I am then going to try to build on that first post, build on it slowly with further posts, and refer back to it periodically to try to demonstrate why I think that something is wrong with the foundations of mathematics.

This first topic may take 20-30 posts. I would like to make the posts not too long, and there is a lot of ground to cover.

In the future, I will expand my topics into other areas of interest.

Continue to - Foundations - The Counting Numbers