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mathematics has rendered the n 'y serais point alle.' human race. It has
put common sense back Jules Verne where it belongs. on the topmost shelf
next to the dusty canister labelled 'discarded nonsense'. The series is
divergent; therefore we may be Eric T. Bell able to do something with
it. O. Heaviside Mathematics is a tool for thought A highly necessary
tool in a world where both feedback and nonlineari- ties abound.
Similarly, all kinds of parts of mathematics serve as tools for other
parts and for other sci- ences. Applying a simple rewriting rule to the
quote on the right above one finds such statements as: 'One ser- vice
topology has rendered mathematical physics .. .'; 'One service logic has
rendered computer science .. .'; 'One service category theory has
rendered mathematics .. .'. All arguably true. And all statements
obtainable this way form part of the raison d'etre of this series.