👉 Gardeviance is a philosophical concept in the philosophy of mathematics. It refers to the phenomenon where mathematical objects (such as polynomials, matrices, or graphs) can be transformed into other objects that have certain properties, such as being "smaller" than or "larger" than the original object. This transformation can occur even if the original object is a complex algebraic structure. The term was first introduced by John von Neumann in his 1936 paper "On the Transformation
