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Hi everybody,
This must have been discussed before but I would like to hear your opinions about the above question. Are mathematics just an invention, a creation of humans that helps them in their everyday life, or are they actually connected to nature, and are part of it that we just happened to discover? I personally think that we have created maths, and certain needs made humans do so, and during the years we have changed and defined them in such a way, that we can apply them in many different aspects of nature and our lives. And as for theoritical mathematics, theorems and properties are,in my opinion, just consequences of the definitions we have created, some of which have been found and proved ,while some others not.
What do you think?
Thanks
This must have been discussed before but I would like to hear your opinions about the above question. Are mathematics just an invention, a creation of humans that helps them in their everyday life, or are they actually connected to nature, and are part of it that we just happened to discover? I personally think that we have created maths, and certain needs made humans do so, and during the years we have changed and defined them in such a way, that we can apply them in many different aspects of nature and our lives. And as for theoritical mathematics, theorems and properties are,in my opinion, just consequences of the definitions we have created, some of which have been found and proved ,while some others not.
What do you think?
Thanks