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![[parent]](http://images.planetmath.org:8080/images/uparrow.png) Viewing Correction to 'history of mathematics in the United States of America'
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math? by jac
Correction id: 11573
Filed on: 2007-04-02 03:59:26
Status: Rejected on 2007-05-08 15:46:22
Type: Meta/Minor
Correction text:
Help....! Please don't talk about the political history of the
USA here unless it actually is relevant to mathematics. |
Comment from correction handler CompositeFan:
> Help....! Please don't talk about the political history of the
> USA here unless it actually is relevant to mathematics.
In an ideal world, politics would have no effect whatsoever on mathematics, any of the sciences, or even the arts. But we don't live in an ideal world. Certain mathematical fields, like cryptography and the geometry of trajectories, will get more attention in wartime, while even in peacetime the whims of politicians can have an effect on what kind of scientific research gets funding. Thus, the political history of the United States is of great importance to the history of mathematics, or indeed any science, in the United States. |
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