Is mathematics real? A viral TikTok video raises a legitimate question with exciting answers
- Written by Daniel Mansfield, Lecturer in Mathematics, UNSW
ShutterstockWhile filming herself getting ready for work recently, TikTok user @gracie.ham reached deep into the ancient foundations of mathematics and found an absolute gem of a question:
How could someone come up with a concept like algebra?
She also asked what the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras might have used mathematics for, and other...





