Learn this by heart for this is the secret to a healthy relationship, so suggests mathematician Hannah Fry. This mathematician’s recently released book The Mathematics of Love gives you all the necessary tips to achieve that ‘happily-ever-after’ feeling in your nuptial life.
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What’s the theory all about:
After closely following the works of psychologist John Gottman, Fry found out how mathematical theories can come handy in predicting the longevity of relationships. She chose the subject that is furthest away from maths and tried to prove (mathematically, of course) how you can actually reap benefits out of it.
“The most successful relationships are the ones with a really high negativity threshold. In those relationships, couples allow each other to complain, and work together to constantly repair the tiny issues between them. In such a case, couples don’t bottle up their feelings, and little things don’t end up being blown completely out of proportion.”
Fry did her PhD in fluid dynamics and currently works at the University College London (UCL) researching on the patterns of human behavior in urban settings. This theory applies to hetero-sexual as well as same-sex couples. Unmarried pairs who are in long-term relationship qualify to be the subjects of the test too.
Here’s more on the mathematics of love:
This reminds us of Russell Crowe aka mathematical genius John Nash who in the Academy Award winning movie A Beautiful Mind just stunned us with the brilliant monologue on the Theory of Equilibrium and how it solved the puzzle of the blonde girl.
“If we all go for the blonde, we block each other and not a single one of us is going to get her. So then we go for her friends, but they will all give us the cold shoulder because nobody likes to be second choice. But what if no one goes to the blonde? We don’t get in each other’s way and we don’t insult the other girls. That’s the only way we win.”
Truly, mathematics can fetch you more than you have given it credit for!
