What is Mathematics?
A general question "What is mathematics?" Everyone has different approach of mathematics some says study of numbers,patterns, quantity,space, structure, etc. But mathematics has no generally accepted definition. Some well known Definitions of Mathematics: Aristotle: Aristotle defined mathematics as: The science of quantity . In Aristotle's classification of the sciences , discrete quantities were studied by arithmetic , continuous quantities by geometry . Auguste: Auguste Comte 's definition tried to explain the role of mathematics in coordinating phenomena in all other fields : The science of indirect measurement.( 1851) The "indirectness" in Comte's definition refers to determining quantities that cannot be measured directly, such as the distance to planets or the size of atoms, by means of their relations to quantities that can be measured directly. Benjamin Peirce: Mathematics is the science that draws nec...