Noun | 1. | ![]() math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement linear programming - a mathematical technique used in economics; finds the maximum or minimum of linear functions in many variables subject to constraints statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters probability theory, theory of probability - the branch of applied mathematics that deals with probabilities |