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Why are people who have a solid background in math disadvantaged for physics and chemistry?
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Physicists think differently than mathematicians. Mathematicians value pure logical consistency which follows from fundamental axioms and applications of pure reason. Physicists are scientists who want to build a theory that will predict nature. Physicists find that mathematics helps them do so, and so they use math for that purpose. But, in my opinion, mathematics works so well for physics because mathematics describe nature at a fundamental level. It just takes a while to get to it.
For example, Isaac newton invented differential and integral calculus for the purpose of evaluating problems involving forces. Force = mass*acceleration, and the double integral of acceleration with respect to time is distance traveled.
Mathematicians didn't fully accept Newton's calculus for around 100 years until someone defined limits, which are required for derivatives and integrals, in a rigorous mathematical format called the delta-epsilon definition. I won't go into here, but it would be something to look into.
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In my experience, working for professional physicists and engineers, the questioner is seeking an explanation for a myth, or at least a grave misunderstanding. Whilst Pure Mathematics may be away with the fairies at times, you are at a serious disadvantage for physics and chemistry - and engineering - if you have a WEAK background in maths.
Just come back to this by chance. Answers ought keep the credits right and sort out the lack of [CRLF] in the typing. My part was only the paragraph after the plus signs.
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