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What are the major subdisciplines of modern mathematics?
What are the major subdisciplines of modern mathematics?
- Number theory, algebra, geometry, and calculus
- Algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and analysis
- Algebra, calculus, trigonometry, and statistics
- Number theory, algebra, geometry, and analysis (correct)
What does most mathematical activity involve?
What does most mathematical activity involve?
- Use of axioms to solve problems
- Application of formulas
- Discovery of properties of abstract objects and use of pure reason to prove them (correct)
- Solving complex equations
What does a mathematical proof consist of?
What does a mathematical proof consist of?
- Succession of applications of deductive rules to already established results (correct)
- Succession of applications of inductive rules to new results
- Use of formulas to solve problems
- Use of axioms to derive new results
What are the abstract objects in mathematics?
What are the abstract objects in mathematics?
What are the axioms in mathematics?
What are the axioms in mathematics?
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