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What are the major subdisciplines of modern mathematics?
What are the major subdisciplines of modern mathematics?
What does mathematical activity primarily involve?
What does mathematical activity primarily involve?
What do mathematical proofs consist of?
What do mathematical proofs consist of?
What are the entities in modern mathematics stipulated to have?
What are the entities in modern mathematics stipulated to have?
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What do the major topics of mathematics include?
What do the major topics of mathematics include?
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Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes.
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes.
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Most mathematical activity involves the discovery of properties of abstract objects and the use of pure reason to prove them.
Most mathematical activity involves the discovery of properties of abstract objects and the use of pure reason to prove them.
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There is a general consensus among mathematicians about a common definition for their academic discipline.
There is a general consensus among mathematicians about a common definition for their academic discipline.
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Proofs in mathematics consist of a succession of applications of inductive rules to already established results.
Proofs in mathematics consist of a succession of applications of inductive rules to already established results.
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In modern mathematics, entities are stipulated to have certain properties, called axioms.
In modern mathematics, entities are stipulated to have certain properties, called axioms.
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