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How would you define Mathematics?

I took over the page on Mathematics a while back.

I tried and failed to find a good snappy definition on what mathematics actually is.

Can anyone find or create a definition which is...

a) Brief - no more than a few sentences
b) Accurate - covering the range of things that make up mathematics
c) Understandable - no point in having a definition that only makes sense to people that already know a great deal of math!
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marshazzle marshazzle
 
 July 22, 2009 07:37 PM
Hope this helps: The study of the measurement, properties, and relationships of quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols.
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robbrown robbrown
 
July 23, 2009 12:10 AM
I'm not entirely sure if it's comprehensive... but this sure sounds good.

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philipy philipy
 
July 23, 2009 01:27 AM
Yes, I'm not sure it does justice to things like logic, geometry and topology.

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brian san brian san
 
July 23, 2009 12:27 AM
I'll take a stab at it:
Mathematics: The study of the relationships between numerical values.

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