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Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas, and related structures, shapes, and spaces, and quantities and their changes.
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas, and related structures, shapes, and spaces, and quantities and their changes.
True (A)
Modern mathematics consists of the major subdisciplines of number theory, algebra, geometry, and calculus.
Modern mathematics consists of the major subdisciplines of number theory, algebra, geometry, and calculus.
False (B)
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.
False (B)
Most mathematical activity involves the discovery of properties of abstract objects and the use of empirical evidence to prove them.
Most mathematical activity involves the discovery of properties of abstract objects and the use of empirical evidence to prove them.
A proof consists of a succession of applications of deductive rules to already established results, including previously proved theorems, axioms, and basic properties that are considered true starting points of the theory.
A proof consists of a succession of applications of deductive rules to already established results, including previously proved theorems, axioms, and basic properties that are considered true starting points of the theory.
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