Does mathematics exist?

[rupol2000]

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Applied Mathematics is the ability to form and calculate a measure and solve an equation to provide a result.
Those measures or results often become the proof of a scientific theory.

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The name "applied mathematics" adds nothing. These methods were before the advent of "mathematics"

 

[BlackSand]

The name "applied mathematics" adds nothing. These methods were before the advent of "mathematics"

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I wasn't asking you to try and add an ambiguous value to it, or even a lack thereof.

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[rupol2000]

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I wasn't asking you to try and add an ambiguous value to it, or even a lack thereof.

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If you are illiterate, you can, for example, study the methods of Euclid, which are also now glued to word "mathematics"
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[BlackSand]

If you are illiterate, you can, for example, study the methods of Euclid, which are also now glued to word "mathematics"
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Or I could use mathematics and build a house.
With a lot less effort than it would take to do it any other way.

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[rupol2000]

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Or I could use mathematics and build a house.
With a lot less effort than it would take to do it any other way.

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I can do it using geometry and engineering discipline.

And I doubt that you can build a house with mathematics. You'll need at least cement and rebar lol

 

[eagle1462010]

Go to the store and use cash and see if you care about math when the clerk charges you double. Lol

 

[BlackSand]

I can do it using geometry and engineering discipline.

And I doubt that you can build a house with mathematics. You'll need at least cement and rebar lol

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I didn't say you could not do it any other way.
Just that I can do it faster and better with mathematics.

And it helps me more accurately predict the appropriate material list and quantities, thus reducing waste.

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[rupol2000]

Go to the store and use cash and see if you care about math when the clerk charges you double. Lol

maybe you meant arithmetic?

No, I don't count change. When there is a strong shortage, it will be visible anyway.

 

[eagle1462010]

maybe you meant arithmetic?

No, I don't count change. When there is a strong shortage, it will be visible anyway.

That is math
In simple terms. We are not measuring the volume of a sphere with triple integrals in basic math.

 

[martybegan]

Perhaps mathematics can be defined. This is the science of speculation. In fact, it comes from sophistry. Anyway, it's close.

Try re-defining math while building a bridge and then walk over it.

 

[rupol2000]

That is math

No it's arithmetic

 

[rupol2000]

Try re-defining math while building a bridge and then walk over it.

It is impossible to redefine what is not defined

 

[eagle1462010]

No it's arithmetic

That is still math.

 

[rupol2000]

That is still math.

not
anything can be called "math"

 

[eagle1462010]

not

We disagree then.

 

[rupol2000]

We disagree then.

For example Kama Sutra is a branch of mathematics? I don't think it's official. And why was arithmetic labeled "mathematics", but not the Kama Sutra? Is this fair?

 

[Grumblenuts]

Because they would not be forced into a primitive algorithmic way of thinking?

Al Gore could never really keep a beat.

 

[rupol2000]

Al Gore could never really keep a beat.

algorithm is not rhythm. There are no stretches of time

 

[BlackSand]

There are no stretches of time

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Seriously ... You want to argue with Michio Kaku about that?
That would be funny for about ten seconds.

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[WinterBorn]

It's just empty talk
Because, while [anithing for PR] can be called the fundamental root of all sciences, they are not the sum total of the other sciences.
bla bla bla

Mathematics is used in all sciences. It is used in biology to understand the minute structures, flight, herd characteristics and more. But biology cannot be studied by mathematics alone.