由于对数学本质的无知,流行着许多关于它的无稽之谈,其中之一便是称重要的将帅们为疆场上的数学家。如果他们的正确计算要不招致一场灾难的话,那么实际上其难度是不得超出简单而又安全的四则运算的。假如突如其来需要进行一道决算,即使它只是像解一道简单的微分方程那样稍微有点复杂棘手,也会把成千上万的人无望地交付给死神。 One of them, due to its ignorance of the nature of mathematics, is populated with many nonsense about it, one of which is to call the important marshals the mathematicians on the battlefield. If their correct calculation does not lead to a catastrophe, then in fact the difficulty is not beyond the simple and safe operation of the four. Suddenly, a settlement is needed, even if it is just a bit trickier than solving a simple differential equation, and thousands of people are hopelessly delivered to death.