If you think that pure mathematics arises naturally or man-made?
By nakula2009
@nakula2009 (2325)
Indonesia
January 15, 2011 11:04pm CST
if you think of pure mathematics that comes naturally and we understand by the term man-made invention or alone?
I never imagined how so if for example only man-made pure mathematics can be very influential with real world. and even I never imagined that pure mathematics is a creation of God that need to be found
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@najibdina29 (1309)
• Indonesia
27 Jan 11
Albert Einstein: "as far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality,they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
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@bramimond (21)
• Canada
2 Mar 11
No, it does not come naturally. Mathematics is not a science. The most basic way I can put it, everything we know from mathematics has been more or less derived from "2+2=4". Its man-made, and does not require the "scientific method" for further research.
@gengeni (3308)
• Indonesia
1 Feb 11
Mathematics is the same as other sciences, God's creation. However, people must find it by learning.
@kendedes2011 (2712)
• Indonesia
3 Feb 11
In my opinion, all knowledge is from God.
so people just need to explore it.
@debate222 (6)
• China
4 Feb 11
Like language, math emerged natually. However, the development of math is man-made, since the modern mathematics is so complicated that it goes beyond our daily life.
@blltdgr2009 (26)
• United States
6 Feb 11
Pure mathematics is the child of applied mathematics. Originally problems like "Bobby has 5 cows and sold 2 cows at market. How many cows does Bobby have now?" were common place then we needed an explanation past that so we came up with pure mathematics. Theories like number theory and combinatorics hold no ground outside the classroom or laboratory. So it is really a split answer. Applied mathematics is natural, and pure mathematics is man-made. But thats only my opinion.
@rifnee (1713)
• Indonesia
28 Jan 11
Mathematics is only a science, which must be learned for the benefit of mankind to live.
Albert Einstein: "as far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not sure; and how they identify, they do not refer to reality."