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Why Study Math? Mathematics reveals hidden patterns that help us understand the world
around us. Now much more than arithmetic and geometry, mathematics today
is a diverse discipline that deals with data, measurements, and observations
from science; with inference, deduction, and proof; and with mathematical
models of natural phenomena, of human behavior, and social systems. The special role of mathematics in education is a consequence of its universal applicability. The results of mathematics--theorems and theories--are both significant and useful; the best results are also elegant and deep. Through its theorems, mathematics offers science both a foundation of truth and a standard of certainty. In addition to theorems and theories, mathematics offers distinctive modes of thought which are both versatile and powerful, including modeling, abstraction, optimization, logical analysis, inference from data, and use of symbols. Mathematics, as a major intellectual tradition, is a subject appreciated
as much for its beauty as for its power. The enduring qualities of
such abstract concepts as symmetry, proof, and change have been developed
through 3,000 years of intellectual effort. Like language, religion,
and music, mathematics is a universal part of human culture. |
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