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What does most mathematical activity involve?
What does most mathematical activity involve?
- Exploration of real-world applications and empirical testing
- Utilization of computational tools and software
- Discovery of properties of abstract objects and use of pure reason to prove them (correct)
- Memorization of formulas and algorithms
What are the major subdisciplines of modern mathematics?
What are the major subdisciplines of modern mathematics?
- Arithmetic, calculus, algebra, and geometry
- Calculus, statistics, trigonometry, and topology
- Logic, probability, differential equations, and topology
- Number theory, algebra, geometry, and analysis (correct)
What do mathematical objects consist of in modern mathematics?
What do mathematical objects consist of in modern mathematics?
- Real-world measurements and observations
- Randomly generated data sets
- Abstractions from nature or entities stipulated to have certain properties (correct)
- Historical mathematical theorems and axioms
What does a proof in mathematics consist of?
What does a proof in mathematics consist of?
What are the starting points of a theory in modern mathematics?
What are the starting points of a theory in modern mathematics?
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. These topics are represented in modern mathematics with the major subdisciplines of number theory, algebra, geometry, and ______, respectively.
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. These topics are represented in modern mathematics with the major subdisciplines of number theory, algebra, geometry, and ______, respectively.
There is no general consensus among mathematicians about a common definition for their academic ______.
There is no general consensus among mathematicians about a common definition for their academic ______.
Most mathematical activity involves the discovery of properties of abstract objects and the use of pure reason to ______ them.
Most mathematical activity involves the discovery of properties of abstract objects and the use of pure reason to ______ them.
These results include previously proved theorems, axioms, and—in case of abstraction from nature—some basic properties that are considered true starting points of the ______
These results include previously proved theorems, axioms, and—in case of abstraction from nature—some basic properties that are considered true starting points of the ______
These objects consist of either abstractions from nature or—in modern mathematics—entities that are stipulated to have certain properties, called ______.
These objects consist of either abstractions from nature or—in modern mathematics—entities that are stipulated to have certain properties, called ______.
