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Which of the following is a major subdiscipline of modern mathematics?
Which of the following is a major subdiscipline of modern mathematics?
- Calculus
- Geometry (correct)
- Botany
- Statistics
What do most mathematical activities involve?
What do most mathematical activities involve?
- The use of empirical data
- The application of pure intuition
- The creation of new formulas
- The discovery of properties of abstract objects (correct)
What is a proof in mathematics?
What is a proof in mathematics?
- A statement that is assumed to be true but has not been proven
- A succession of applications of deductive rules to already established results (correct)
- A conjecture that has not yet been verified
- A series of applications of inductive reasoning
