Introduction to Mathematics

What is mathematics?

Mathematics according to

1.     Merriam Webster Dictionary:

·        the science of numbers and their operations, interrelations, combinations, generalizations, and abstractions and of space configurations and their structure, measurement, transformations, and generalizations  èAlgebra, arithmetic, calculus, geometry, and trigonometry are branches of mathematics.

·        a branch of, operation in, or use of mathematics èthe mathematics of physical chemistry

2.     Pocket Oxford Dictionary:

·        The abstract science of number, quantity, and space, either as abstract concepts (pure mathematics), or as applied to other disciplines such as physics and engineering (applied mathematics)

3.     Live Science:

·        Mathematics is the science that deals with the logic of shape, quantity and arrangement.

4.     Alomaths:

·        Mathematics is the arithmetic of numbers.