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'''Mathematics''' (from Greek μάθημα ''máthēma'', "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of topics such as ([[Number (nonfiction)|numbers (nonfiction)]]), [[structure (nonfiction)]], [[space (nonfiction)]], [[time (nonfiction)]], [[motion (nonfiction)]], [[change (nonfiction)]], and [[measurement (nonfiction)]]. | '''Mathematics''' (from Greek μάθημα ''máthēma'', "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of topics such as ([[Number (nonfiction)|numbers (nonfiction)]]), [[structure (nonfiction)]], [[space (nonfiction)]], [[time (nonfiction)]], [[motion (nonfiction)]], [[change (nonfiction)]], and [[measurement (nonfiction)]]. | ||
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The research required to solve mathematical problems can take years or even centuries of sustained inquiry. | The research required to solve mathematical problems can take years or even centuries of sustained inquiry. | ||
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* [[Abstract syntax (nonfiction)]] | * [[Abstract syntax (nonfiction)]] | ||
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* [[Variable (mathematics) (nonfiction)]] | * [[Variable (mathematics) (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Undecidable problem (nonfiction)]] | * [[Undecidable problem (nonfiction)]] | ||
== Fiction cross-references == | |||
* [[Gnomon Algorithm]] | |||
* [[Mathematician]] | |||
* [[Mathematics]] | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 07:17, 23 December 2015
Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of topics such as (numbers (nonfiction)), structure (nonfiction), space (nonfiction), time (nonfiction), motion (nonfiction), change (nonfiction), and measurement (nonfiction).
Definition
There is a range of views among mathematicians (nonfiction) and philosophers as to the exact scope and definition of mathematics.
Patterns and conjectures
Mathematicians seek out patterns and use them to formulate new conjectures (nonfiction).
Mathematical proof
Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proof (nonfiction).
Physics
When mathematical structures are good models of real phenomena, then mathematical reasoning can provide insight or predictions about nature.
See Physics (nonfiction).
Fundamental principles
Through the use of Abstraction (mathematics) (nonfiction) and logic (nonfiction), mathematics developed from:
- Counting (nonfiction)
- Calculation (nonfiction)
- Measurement (nonfiction)
- The systematic study of the shapes and motions of physical objects
History
Practical mathematics has been a human activity for as far back as written records exist.
Effort required
The research required to solve mathematical problems can take years or even centuries of sustained inquiry.
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Abstract syntax (nonfiction)
- Abstract syntax tree (nonfiction)
- Abstraction (mathematics) (nonfiction)
- Algebra (nonfiction)
- Algorithm (nonfiction)
- Analysis (nonfiction)
- Argument of a function (nonfiction)
- Arithmetic (nonfiction)
- Axiom (nonfiction)
- Binomial (nonfiction)
- Calculus (nonfiction)
- Cellular automaton (nonfiction)
- Complex dynamics (nonfiction)
- Complex number (nonfiction)
- Computation (nonfiction)
- Conjecture (nonfiction)
- Constant (mathematics) (nonfiction)
- Covering space (nonfiction)
- Discrete mathematics (nonfiction)
- Dynamical systems (nonfiction)
- Equation (nonfiction)
- Euler angles (nonfiction)
- Fibonacci coding (nonfiction)
- Fibonacci sequence (nonfiction)
- Fixed-point theorem (nonfiction)
- Formal language (nonfiction)
- Formal grammar (nonfiction)
- Foundations of mathematics (nonfiction)
- Fractal (nonfiction)
- Function (mathematics) (nonfiction)
- Geometry (nonfiction)
- Gnomon (nonfiction)
- Graph theory (nonfiction)
- Hexadecimal (nonfiction)
- How to Solve It
- Idempotence (nonfiction)
- Integer (nonfiction)
- Julia set (nonfiction)
- Lambda calculus (nonfiction)
- Large cardinal (nonfiction)
- Logic (nonfiction)
- Mandelbrot set (nonfiction)
- Mathematical analysis (nonfiction)
- Mathematical logic (nonfiction)
- Mathematical notation (nonfiction)
- Mathematical object (nonfiction)
- Mathematical proof (nonfiction)
- Mathematician (nonfiction)
- Morse theory (nonfiction)
- Morse–Smale system (nonfiction)
- Music theory (nonfiction)
- Natural number (nonfiction)
- Newton's method (nonfiction)
- Number (nonfiction)
- Number theory (nonfiction)
- Numeral system (nonfiction)
- Permutation (nonfiction)
- Pi (nonfiction)
- Polar coordinate system (nonfiction)
- Power of two (nonfiction)
- Real number (nonfiction)
- Recursion (nonfiction)
- Rounding (nonfiction)
- Round-off error (nonfiction)
- Scaling (geometry) (nonfiction)
- Self-reference (nonfiction)
- Signal (nonfiction)
- Signal processing (nonfiction)
- Simplicial complex (nonfiction)
- The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences (nonfiction)
- Tuple (nonfiction)
- Turing machine (nonfiction)
- Variable (mathematics) (nonfiction)
- Undecidable problem (nonfiction)
Fiction cross-references
External links
- Mathematics @ Wikipedia