What does the end of mathematics look like?

What does the end of mathematics look like? Wherein I muse about the value of understanding. For those who like a pithy takeaway, I propose that the end of mathematics does not look unlike the end of striving for understanding, and the improvement of the singular human mind. Posted on: May 18, 2025 Word count: 1484 As a prelude to what is to follow, I must say that while I am not a professional mathematician (I have a masters degree in theoretical physics and work in the software world), I do enjoy reading the occasional textbook or review paper, and wandering through its pages in a type of reverie, like walking through a glade looking at flowers. My wife has opinions about this - I suppose most of us who compare textbooks and theorems to forests and flowers are not so well glued to the more mundane aspects of life (such as remembering to feed ourselves, or to tame our appearance so as not to startle strangers). My distance from a professional mathematical setting gives me the spac ... Read full article.