Mathematics: The Study of Numbers, Quantity, and Space

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MATHEMATICS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD athematics is often defined as the study l of quantity magnitude and relations of numbers or symbols It embraces the subjects of arithmetic geometry algebra calculus probability statistics and many other special areas of research There are two major divisions of mathe matics pure and applied Pure mathematics investigates the subject solely for its the oretical interest Applied mathematics develops tools and techniques for solving specific problems of business and engineer ing or for highly theoretical applications in the sciences 10