Borel replied: "Mathematics is an art, because it is mainly the creation of thinking, and progress is achieved by intelligence. A lot of progress comes from the depths of people's hearts, and only aesthetic standards are the ultimate evaluators. "
Many of our schools are divided into liberal arts high schools. Mathematics is a typical representative of science, and liberal arts is of course a typical representative of liberal arts. After several years of research, some foreign research institutions have come to the conclusion that brain cells that understand mathematics and language are concentrated in the left hemisphere; The brain cells that show emotion and appreciate art are concentrated in the right hemisphere, which seems to separate rationality from sensibility.
There may be some truth in this, but it can't be limited to this theory, which becomes a prejudice. In fact, the two do not conflict. People who are good at math are not necessarily bad at art, and people who are good at art are not necessarily bad at math. In fact, many mathematicians are accomplished artists. At the same time, some artists use mathematical principles to create unexpected excellent works.
Mathematics and art are completely interlinked. Pythagoras in ancient Greece was both a mathematician and an artist. Descartes, Leonardo da Vinci, escher, etc. They are both mathematicians and artists. The influence of mathematics on art has a long history. During the Renaissance, artists used the perspective principle to create immortal masterpieces. In the 20th century, the exploration of infinite puzzles by Dutch artist escher inspired people.
Salvador dali created a shocking work by using the unfolding diagram of a four-dimensional cube. The artist's inspiration comes from Fibonacci sequence, minimum surface and Mobius belt. Mathematicians use sculptures to publicize the achievements of mathematics.
Professor Qiu Chengtong, winner of Fields Prize in Mathematics, thinks that mathematics is a very beautiful art, which is why he has made such great achievements in the field of mathematics. The harmony, simplicity and symmetry contained in mathematics itself are aesthetic, which is the beauty of mathematics. Many people think math is cold and boring, and it makes people feel big when they look at it. It is not easy to say that they love mathematics.
That is, if you don't really know math, you will find it really interesting. This mathematical beauty can shock people's soul, delight people's body and mind, and cultivate people's interest. Numbers look boring, but we use phone numbers, license plates, ID cards and so on, even numbers, squares, prime numbers and so on. There is a simple beauty and rule.
When we draw a beautiful geometric figure, construct a beautiful equation or matrix, make a beautiful geometric figure, or even draw a beautiful figure with fractal theory, isn't mathematics an art?