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I think we do a disservice to mathematics to call calculus "mathematics". Similarly learning alphabet and to write is not called "literature".
by Rexxar 4y ago
I think we do a disservice to mathematics to call calculus "mathematics". Similarly learning alphabet and to write is not called "literature".
- jacinda 4y agoWe could consider doing the labeling in the other direction where we keep calling calculus, real analysis, algebra, etc. mathematics but treat arithmetic more like we do learning the alphabet (a necessary stepping stone but certainly not the end goal). We could also more typically refer to arithmetic as arithmetic and not math(s), then.