Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics. It's research. Someone studying solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations is doing applied mathematics. An accoun

Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics. It's research. Someone studying solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations is doing applied mathematics. An accountant uses mathematics, but their work isn't "applied mathematics" any more than a plumber is an "applied physicist", or a veterinarian is an "applied biologist".