15 Questions
What are the major subdisciplines of modern mathematics?
Number theory, algebra, geometry, and analysis
What does most mathematical activity involve?
Discovery of properties of abstract objects and the use of pure reason to prove them
What do the fundamental truths of mathematics remain independent from?
Scientific experimentation
What do mathematicians not have a general consensus on?
A common definition for their academic discipline
What are the entities in modern mathematics stipulated to have?
Certain properties called axioms
In which areas is mathematics essential?
Natural sciences, engineering, medicine, finance, computer science, and social sciences
What is the term for areas of mathematics that are developed independently from any application?
Theoretical mathematics
Which mathematician is associated with the problem of integer factorization?
Euclid
What concept first appeared in Greek mathematics, notably in Euclid's Elements?
Proof
What did the foundational crisis of mathematics lead to at the end of the 19th century?
Increase in mathematical areas
What does the word 'mathematics' come from in Ancient Greek?
Máthēma
What did the term 'mathematics' commonly mean in Latin and English until around 1700?
Astrology
Which main school of thought in Pythagoreanism was known as the mathēmatikoi?
'Learners'
What did Saint Augustine warn Christians to beware of in relation to 'mathematici'?
'Astrology'
'Mathēmatikḗ tékhnē' meant 'the mathematical art' in Ancient Greek; what is its Latin equivalent?
Ars mathematica
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