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File:Voronoi-diagram-color-commentators.jpg|link=Fantasy Voronoi diagram|[[Fantasy Voronoi diagram]] color commentators discussing recent scores from hotly contested [[Voronoi diagram (nonfiction)|Voronoi diagrams]]. | File:Voronoi-diagram-color-commentators.jpg|link=Fantasy Voronoi diagram|[[Fantasy Voronoi diagram]] color commentators discussing recent scores from hotly contested [[Voronoi diagram (nonfiction)|Voronoi diagrams]]. | ||
File:Cantor set (four iterations).png|link=Set theory (nonfiction)|Crime-fighter [[The Sigil (crime fighter)|The Sigil]]'s new [[Sigil (nonfiction)|sigil]] | File:Cantor set (four iterations).png|link=Set theory (nonfiction)|Crime-fighter [[The Sigil (crime fighter)|The Sigil]]'s seen wearing new [[Sigil (nonfiction)|sigil]]. "Naturally I am pleased," said [[Georg Cantor]]. | ||
File:Euclid_Lueneburg_ms_page_8.jpg|link=Mathematical diagram (nonfiction)|Artifically intelligent manuscript of Euclid's ''Elements'' needs to upgrade itself, has [[Mathematical diagram (nonfiction)|sketch on back of envelope]] it wishes to show you. | File:Euclid_Lueneburg_ms_page_8.jpg|link=Mathematical diagram (nonfiction)|Artifically intelligent manuscript of Euclid's ''Elements'' needs to upgrade itself, has [[Mathematical diagram (nonfiction)|sketch on back of envelope]] it wishes to show you. | ||
File:John Venn computing diagram.jpg|link=John Venn|[[John Venn]] computes a [[Venn diagram|Demon-repelling diagram]] for [[Roger Zelazny]] and [[William Blake]]. | File:John Venn computing diagram.jpg|link=John Venn|[[John Venn]] computes a [[Venn diagram|Demon-repelling diagram]] for [[Roger Zelazny]] and [[William Blake]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:31, 19 June 2016
Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of topics such as numbers, structure, space, time, motion, change, and measurement.
Mathematicians seek out patterns and use them to formulate new conjectures.
Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proof.
When mathematical structures are good models of real phenomena, then mathematical reasoning can provide insight or predictions about nature.
There is a range of views among mathematicians and philosophers as to the
Practical mathematics has been a human activity for as far back as written records exist.
The research required to solve mathematical problems can take years or even centuries of sustained inquiry.
In the News
Fantasy Voronoi diagram color commentators discussing recent scores from hotly contested Voronoi diagrams.
Crime-fighter The Sigil's seen wearing new sigil. "Naturally I am pleased," said Georg Cantor.
Artifically intelligent manuscript of Euclid's Elements needs to upgrade itself, has sketch on back of envelope it wishes to show you.
John Venn computes a Demon-repelling diagram for Roger Zelazny and William Blake.
Benoit Mandelbrot (nonfiction) survived by Benoit Mandelbrot.
Fiction cross-references
- Axiom Antics
- Gnomon Algorithm
- Pi disaster
- Mathematician
- Mathematics
- Poem
- Three is the Color of My True Love's Hair (nonfiction)
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Algorithm (nonfiction)
- Cellular automaton (nonfiction)
- Computation (nonfiction)
- Fractal (nonfiction)
- Geometry (nonfiction)
- Gnomon (nonfiction)
- Logic (nonfiction)
- Mandelbrot set (nonfiction)
- Mathematician (nonfiction)
- Number (nonfiction)
- Outsider mathematician (nonfiction)
- Pi (nonfiction)
- Prenex normal form (nonfiction)
- Turing machine (nonfiction)
External links:
- Mathematics @ Wikipedia
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