mathematics

     

Mathematics is the boy of knowledge centered on such concepts as quantity, structure, space, and change, and also the academic discipline that studies them. Benjamin Peirce called it "the science that draws necessary conclusions". Other practitioners of mathematics maintain that mathematics is the science of pattern, and that mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere. Mathematicians explore such concepts, aiming to formulate new conjectures and establish their truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions.

Trivia about mathematics

  • The A.C.T. college entrance exam includes a set of 4 multiple-choice tests covering English, science, reading & this
  • In "Good Will Hunting", Stellan Skarsgard had a Fields Medal, called "The Nobel Prize of" this discipline
  • The Fermat Prize in this field is awarded for contributions to "statements of variational principles"