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Takeaways on G.H. Hardy’s book,

MATHEMATICIAN’S
APOLOGY
The function of a mathematician
is to do something, to prove new
theorems, to add to mathematics,
and not to talk about what he or
other mathematicians have done.
 Any genuine mathematician must feel that it is
not on these crude achievements that the real case
for mathematics rests, that the popular reputation of
mathematics is based largely on ignorance and
confusion, and there is room for a more rational
defense.
Mathematician’s apology talks about mathematical
beauty and the usefulness of mathematics. Hardy is
convinced that mathematics is more than any other
art or science. He likens mathematics to art and
explains math in much the same way
a critic explains art.

He briefly outlines three of the most

basic and timeless theorems to
illustrate the inherent beauty of
mathematics for the layperson to
understand.
Mathematics has been
misinterpreted in favor of its
usefulness (applied mathematics)
rather than its uselessness (pure
mathematics) even though the latter
has the most interesting and neutral
information and intention as stated
by Hardy.
Mathematics has especial ability that makes
its ways for few talented and frequently can
misunderstood individuals. Those
individuals who dont want to involve mostly
have an unclear view of being a
mathematician, and the discernment that
they hold frustrates them by a failure to not
see precisely what mathematicians does. The
passion they give and aesthetics qualities in
explanation to comprehend it easily and they
makes the number read conveniently.
Mathematician's apology talks about
mathematical beauty and the
usefulness of mathematics. Hardy
says that mathematics has been
misinterpreted in favor of its
usefulness. He says that the popular
reputation of mathematics is based
largely on ignorance and confusion.