recreational sequences in the EIS

[David Broadhurst]

Antti Karttunen asked

> Isn't all pure mathematics (having not really any connection to the physical
> world we live in, e.g., most of the number theory and the combinatorics as
> well, c.f. John Awbrey's recent inspiring Riffs and Rotes postings here)
> ultimately "recreational" in nature?

Indeed! But why the exclusion of the "physical world".
May not physicists also hope to recreate themselves by enquiry?

It seems to me that we should all strive to follow Robert Frost's

> My object in living is to unite
> My avocation and my vocation.

David (beyond topic)