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What are the major subdisciplines of modern mathematics?
Number theory, algebra, geometry, and analysis.
What does most mathematical activity involve?
The discovery of properties of abstract objects and the use of pure reason to prove them.
What do mathematical objects consist of in modern mathematics?
Entities that are stipulated to have certain properties, called axioms.
What does a proof in mathematics consist of?
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What is considered the starting point of a theory in mathematics?
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