02/02/2021
Mathematics is the science that deals with the logic of shape, quantity and arrangement. Math is all around us, in everything we do. It is the building block for everything in our daily lives, including mobile devices, architecture (ancient and modern), art, money, engineering, and even sports.
Mathematics has no generally accepted definition. Aristotle defined mathematics as.
"the science of quantity"
and this definition prevailed until the 18th century. However, Aristotle also noted a focus on quantity alone may not distinguish mathematics from sciences like physics; in his view, abstraction and studying quantity as a property "separable in thought" from real instances set mathematics apart.
In the 19th century, when the study of mathematics increased in rigor and began to address abstract topics such as group theory and projective geometry, which have no clear-cut relation to quantity and measurement,
mathematicians and philosophers began to propose a variety of new definitions.
A great many professional mathematicians take no interest in a definition of mathematics, or consider it undefinable.
There is not even consensus on whether mathematics is an art or a science. Some just say.
"Mathematics is what mathematicians do."
