Questions tagged [visualization]

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Aphantasiac mathematicians?

Over the past few years there's been a fair amount of publicity given to the phenomenon of aphantasia, the condition of being unable to form visual images in one's mind or remember what things look like. Such a person after closing their eyes may be…
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Is Visualization of Data a Subject of Mathematical Research?

Please excuse my naive question, but what kind of rôle does the visualization of (especially high-dimensional) data play in mathematical research? I know, that it plays an important rôle in the analysis and interpretation of data and utilizes…
Manfred Weis
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