you shouldn't think the issue here is with an overbearing attitude in physics, the problem is just the categorisation of maths. I'd put it vice versa. since mat

you shouldn't think the issue here is with an overbearing attitude in physics, the problem is just the categorisation of maths. I'd put it vice versa. since mathematics means the art of learning, literally, physics is a subfield of applied mathematics. Numbers aren't just represantations, unlike numerals. numbers are only of any value, if they have context, even if that is a fictive for the purpose of learning. but teachers frequently use examples from applied mathematics, too. Math's called a structural science for a good reason, it can be used to find or build structures in physics, as well as any other natural science. A strict distinction in it's root seems unnessacary, since logic and all is based in philosophy and engineering, back in a time when polymaths didn't plow just one field. Even nowadays subfields in sciences require vastly different knowledge, so if these subfields count as part of physics, it's fair to say physics is maths and maths is physics.