Upvoted, even though I can’t really see the appeal to non-mathematicians.
So, I suspect that the bird/frog/beaver categories are relevant to intellectuals in general, not just to mathematicians; will have to say something about this in the introduction of my revised post.
I think you may have gotten beavers confused somewhat. The image I get from Zeilberger’s description is that beavers try and build algorithms to solve general problems. I don’t think plain computation is enough. I think of them more as birds that like algorithms instead of theorems.
I think that there’s a correlation between interest in algorithms and interest the activity of performing algorithms. Unfortunately, it’s hard to explain why I think this without giving examples from personal conversations. I’ll think about how to address your point.
Thanks for the feedback.
So, I suspect that the bird/frog/beaver categories are relevant to intellectuals in general, not just to mathematicians; will have to say something about this in the introduction of my revised post.
I think that there’s a correlation between interest in algorithms and interest the activity of performing algorithms. Unfortunately, it’s hard to explain why I think this without giving examples from personal conversations. I’ll think about how to address your point.