What I do for my day job

[pozorvlak]

I was out in the hills yesterday (and we had snow! Actual snow!) with an architect friend, and he asked me what my thesis was about. "Category theory," I said, "It's the theory of connections between different branches of mathematics." "Ah," he said, "so you're building bridges?". I thought about this for a bit, and replied "Not really; it's more

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[antoniabaker]

oh so thats what your doing...nods in understanding...gives up...no sorry angel still don't get it.

[mi_guida]

You know some bridges have really pretty nuts and bolts and shaped metalwork? He looks at them, and how they all fit together, and while he's on the bridge he looks at the funny people who are scared of heights and stay on the land.

I think.

[pozorvlak]

That's more or less it, yes :-)

[antoniabaker]

I understand the metaphor, I just haven't got a clue what the metaphor is for.
There are other types of maths, and his maths is the way the other types lead in to each other?

[pozorvlak]

Yes, exactly.