Comment on Terence Tao explains 6 essential mathematical concepts [video]parentComments−binyu11dWhy do you feel this is a reduction? If anything, it is an attempt to summarize the various areas of math and how they relate to each other.−alansaber11dIsn't every summarization a reduction?−andsoitis11dIsn't every summarization a reduction?Broadly yes, but summarization can simultaneously be compression of data and revelation of structure, hence increasing understanding.−iTokio11dIt’s like principal component analysis, the main axis, I don’t mean reduction in a negative way.
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Why do you feel this is a reduction? If anything, it is an attempt to summarize the various areas of math and how they relate to each other.
Isn't every summarization a reduction?
Broadly yes, but summarization can simultaneously be compression of data and revelation of structure, hence increasing understanding.
It’s like principal component analysis, the main axis, I don’t mean reduction in a negative way.