We start with learning to identify numbers then count, then add, and subtract, multiply , divide & this goes on to include time, algebra, geometry, factors , area, volume and then trigonometry & quadratics & algorithm....the list seems to just go on....
Aristotle defined mathematics as "the science of quantity", and this definition prevailed until the 18th century....and then many variables & abstracts became part of maths.
Another definition I came across was "The study of the measurement, properties, and relationships of quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols."
And another one was "the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically."
Am yet to find a satisfactory yet simple definition. Any one helping????All suggestions & comments welcome.
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