Albert Einstein: Letter to Jacques Hadamard

With an initial read through it's easy to see the intelligence of Einstein and the confusion that his words can cause when context is absent. After going through the notes written by Jacques after the letter, explaining the questions asked to Einstein, it helped me understand in what light this letter was being written.

It's a simple Q & A - about the creative sense of a mathematician.

Jacques asks how Einstein, or a mathematician in general, sees their work in their mind. Sure, on paper it's a jumble of symbols, letters, and numbers. But Jacques poses questions in regards to the explanation of this gibberish to others, and Einstein explains (I feel, still not completely understanding his answers completely) that words and explanations cannot suffice what these symbols and signs are able to create and produce.

Einstein also explains how these symbols and signs are used habitually and simply come at will when necessary to explain or create a proper equation. His answer to questions (B) seems to say how difficult it can be to search for the proper wording for explanations, when these signs can be produced with little effort to explain.

Question (D) seems to answer a questions in regards to what Einstein feels are the necessary or most common senses used when producing and explaining mathematical equations. "Visual and motor" is his simple statement to start, explaining that words are simply auditive pieces that don't seem to piece together a whole as simply as the visual aspect of the writing on the page, or the motor reflexes to write or determine the actions of that equation.

After reading through several times, but doing little research in the matter of the letter or who Jacques Hadamard is - the above analysis is all I can fully comprehend or equate at the present time. Also, the connection of this document along with the Creativity class this assignment is for is still a slight mystery. But overall, I do see a connection to the creative sense and how we all differ in how we see or prefer to perceive elements of life.