Noun

Singular mathematics

Plural uncountable

mathematics (uncountable)

  1. An abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure and change and the relationships between these concepts.
    • 2001, David Salsburg, The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century, page 8
      In many cases, the mathematics involved are deep and complicated.
    • 2002, Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos, page 38
      The answer is 'yes', and the mathematics needed is the theory of probability and its applied cousin, statistics.
  2. A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
    My mathematics is not very good.
    Their mathematics are not very good.
    Their mathematics is not very good.

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Mon Jul 26 20:57:57 2010

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns, formulate new conjectures, and establish truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions.

There is debate over whether mathematical objects such as numbers and points exist naturally or are human creations. The mathematician Benjamin Peirce called mathematics "the science that draws necessary conclusions". Albert Einstein, on the other hand, stated that "as far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."

Through the use of abstraction and logical reasoning, mathematics evolved from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Practical mathematics has been a human activity for as far back as written records exist. Rigorous arguments first appeared in Greek mathematics, most notably in Euclid's Elements. Mathematics continued to develop, for example in China in 300 BC, in India in AD 100, and in the Muslim world in AD 800, until the Renaissance, when mathematical innovations interacting with new scientific discoveries led to a rapid increase in the rate of mathematical discovery that continues to the present day.

Mathematics is used throughout the world as an essential tool in many fields, including natural science, engineering, medicine, and the social sciences. Applied mathematics, the branch of mathematics concerned with application of mathematical knowledge to other fields, inspires and makes use of new mathematical discoveries and sometimes leads to the development of entirely new mathematical disciplines, such as statistics and game theory. Mathematicians also engage in pure mathematics, or mathematics for its own sake, without having any application in mind, although practical applications for what began as pure mathematics are often discovered.

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Fri Jul 30 22:28:37 2010

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A. lol funny
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How do I convince a friend that mathematics is interesting?
Q. I have to write an essay on "how to convince a friend that mathematics is interesting". I need 3 reasons, and support of each of the reasons. Having a hard time since I cannot stand math!
Asked by Gianni - Mon Sep 7 12:58:36 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If it is just to convince your friend, then try to find out the things that interest this friend and then relate mathematics to his interests. I guessing relating should be relatively easy since most items (or least this is true to me) are related to mathematics. Hope this will help you.
Answered by LW - Wed Sep 9 06:18:54 2009

Why is mathematics necessary for a 9th standard student and how can it benefit me?
Q. Why is mathematics necessary for a 9th standard student and how can it benefit me? I have to write a small paragraph on this topic that how maths can help me and why is it necessary for me.
Asked by Ahsan the Genius - Tue Jan 29 08:45:36 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Three things - one is developing the facility to learn any subject including maths is good preparation, and understanding how logic (reasoning) works is essential for honing your critical faculties in a wide range of disciplines, a third is that employers and higher education outfits like it.
Answered by Bilbo - Tue Jan 29 08:50:34 2008

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Mathematics is the body of knowledge centered on concepts such as quantity, structure, space, and change, and the academic discipline which studies them. It evolved, through the use of abstraction and logical reasoning, from counting, calculation, measurement, and the study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Mathematicians explore such concepts, aiming to formulate new conjectures and establish their truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions.

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The idea that theorems follow from the postulates does not correspond to simple observation … Euclid's postulates came from the Pythagorean theorem, not the other way around. ~ Richard Hamming Mathematics is the language of size, shape and order and that it is an essential part of the equipment of an intelligent citizen to understand this language. ~ Lancelot Hogben
  • Any author who uses mathematics should always express in ordinary language the meaning of the assumptions he admits, as well as the significance of the results obtained. The more abstract his theory, the more imperative this obligation. In fact, mathematics are and can only be a tool to explore reality. In this exploration, mathematics do not constitute an end in itself, they are and can only be a means.