Gulliver's Travels

How did the knowledge of mathematics assist Gulliver in Laputa?

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Knowledge of mathematics helped Gulliver understand the Laputians "phraseology".

The knowledge I had in mathematics, gave me great assistance in acquiring their phraseology, which depended much upon that science, and music; and in the latter I was not unskilled.

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Gulliver's Travels