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A curious "definition" I once read (sorry, don't remember the original source) goes something like this. Mathematics is the smallest subject that satisfies the
by nhaehnle 12y ago
A curious "definition" I once read (sorry, don't remember the original source) goes something like this. Mathematics is the smallest subject that satisfies the following:
1. Mathematics is the collection of topics for which there is a mathematician who considers the topic part of mathematics.
2. Mathematicians are those humans who devote their lives to expanding human knowledge of mathematics.
3. Mathematics includes geometry and arithmetic.
- murbard2 12y agoSource: http://arxiv.org/pdf/math.ho/9404236.pdf http://arxiv.org/pdf/math.ho/9404236.pdf