Mathematics

Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”) is the study of topics such as quantity (numbers), structure, space, and change.

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. Through the use of abstraction and logic, mathematics developed from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and mo
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How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)
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A Mathematician's Apology
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René Descartes
With me, everything turns into mathematics.
Rene Descartes

René Descartes
But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.
Rene Decartes

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