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Look, this discussion again. What exactly is math is never actually discussed.

• Someone 6y ago
  and that’s so problematic that Wikipedia has a page on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_mathematics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_mathematics. What’s more, that page says “Mathematics has no generally accepted definition. Different schools of thought, particularly in philosophy, have put forth radically different definitions. All proposed definitions are controversial in their own ways.” I think all programming can be considered math (not higher math (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/higher%20mathematics https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/higher%20mathemat...: “mathematics of more advanced content than ordinary arithmetic and algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and beginning calculus”), but math)
• mkl 6y ago
  Of course it is. In this case, it's the biggest subthread here.