re math was us govt technolgy investment mwilson ncratl atlantaga ncr com mark wilson writes report called it the science of order but that s probably pomposity it is however now somewhat of an experimental science with the exploration of fractals strange attractors and artificial life whether important insights will be gained from these experiments is unknown but it does tend to change the shape of what has mostly been viewed as an abstract deductive field how do you do experiments in mathematics well have a look at a new journal journal of experimental mathematics it has several fields medallists on its editorial board you want to knwo more try klaus peters in boston or david epstein at warwick deep ideas are simple odd groups are even even simples are not
