– Why are math equations pertinent to wormhole theories?

Question

I’ve been reading the Wikipedia page for wormholes to kill some time.

The theatrics of a wormhole I understand somewhat through the diagrams and visualisation, but how do math equations represent the theory itself? To me it comes across as… well, just maths.

**Please do actually ELI5, I hardcore sucked at physics and maths in school.**

Link for context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole

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Answer 1

Math is a language, just like any other language people use. Math equations are “math sentences” and they describe things just like “this dog has red fur and a bushy tail” is a sentence to describe a dog.