How is it that math explains the physical world?

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The Einstein black hole equation got me thinking. In a universe where so many things seem random, unexplained, and misunderstood, how can numbers on a paper explain and predict how the universe works?

It blows my mind that this concept (math) is so young relative to the universe and can be used to explain how and why things happen. Where’s the connection?

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There are actually physical concepts that have no mathematical backing as of yet but are used because they just work and their results coincide with the rest of the theory. Such as some integrals in QFT where we don’t even know if they exist.

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