LSAT 133 – Section 2 – Question 05

LSAT 133 - Section 2 - Question 05

June 2011

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT133 S2 Q05
+LR
+Exp
Most strongly supported +MSS
Principle +Princ
A
88%
166
B
3%
158
C
7%
159
D
1%
156
E
1%
159
131
142
153
 +Medium 147.633 +SubsectionMedium

The area of mathematics called “gauge field theory,” though investigated in the nineteenth century, has only relatively recently been applied to problems in contemporary quantum mechanics. Differential geometry, another area of mathematics, was investigated by Gauss in the early nineteenth century, long before Einstein determined that one of its offspring, tensor analysis, was the appropriate mathematics for exploring general relativity.

Summary
Gauge field theory is an area of math that, although investigated in the 19th century, has only recently been applied. Differential geometry is another area of math that was investigated in the 19th century, which was a long time before Einstein determined that one of its offspring, tensor analysis, was appropriate for the theory of general relativity.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Some fields of math may be applicable many years after they are first investigated.
Some fields of math relevant to a problem may have been discovered many years in the past.

A
Applications of some new theories or techniques in mathematics are unrecognized until long after the discovery of those theories or techniques.
Strongly supported. The stimulus presents examples of areas of math that were first investigated many years before they were used for certain applications. This is evidence that those particular applications were unknown for a long time.
B
Mathematicians are sometimes able to anticipate which branches of their subject will prove useful to future scientists.
Unsupported. The stimulus doesn’t suggest that any mathematician was able to anticipate which parts of their subject would be useful to future scientists. We don’t have any statements indicating the expectations or thoughts from mathematicians about the future.
C
The discoveries of modern physics would not have been possible without major mathematical advances made in the nineteenth century.
Unsupported. Although we know that the math fields discussed in the stimulus were useful for certain problems related to physics, that doesn’t imply that modern physics wouldn’t have been discovered without those fields.
D
The nineteenth century stands out among other times as a period of great mathematical achievement.
Unsupported. The stimulus doesn’t compare the 19th century with other centuries regarding the level of mathematical achievement.
E
Mathematics tends to advance more quickly than any of the physical sciences.
Unsupported. The stimulus doesn’t compare math to other fields regarding the speed of its advancement.

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