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pure mathematics
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Noun1.pure mathematics - the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness
math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
numerical analysis - (mathematics) the branch of mathematics that studies algorithms for approximating solutions to problems in the infinitesimal calculus
trig, trigonometry - the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
algebra - the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
infinitesimal calculus, calculus - the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
set theory - the branch of pure mathematics that deals with the nature and relations of sets
group theory - the branch of mathematics dealing with groups
analysis situs, topology - the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions
metamathematics - the logical analysis of mathematical reasoning


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The readership for the book includes pure mathematicians working on the foundations of frame and operator theory, as well as applied mathematicians investigating applications.
Before that, if you told someone you were interested in 24-dimensional sphere packing, unless they were a pure mathematician, they looked at you as if you were crazy," he says.
This was the purest of pure intellection, to the degree that even Russell, a pure mathematician by training, found himself wondering what the point was: "It seemed unworthy of a grown man to spend his time on such trivialities.
 
 
 
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