Villanueva, Kristine Rein – BSHM 104
Mathematics in the Modern World
Is mathematics invented or discovered?
Mathematics is the language of science. It's sole purpose is to depict our
physical world. It is purely there to do just that. Basically, everything in this
world can be close-related or is mathematically made. Along the way,
experts tend to discover rational ideas which can be interpreted or
construed by a mathematical construct. Many experts have been debating
about this for many years now, and to this day, I think it is both invented
and discovered at the same time. Analytical mathematical equations only
approximately describe the real world, and even then only describe a limited
subset of all the phenomena around us. Every mathematical depictions are
made for any purpose. Some invent math equations to answer science
discoveries. I think the debate about this should be done by experts,
because what's more important about this is that it produces results which
can give explanation to our world, which also helps us develop and
understand what our world can be.
References:
A., Derek. (2013, September 10). Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered?.
https://www.mcpsmt.org/cms/lib/MT01001940/Centricity/Domain/1062/Ar
ticles%20-%20Math%20invented%20or%20discovered.docx
TED-Ed. (2014, October 27). Is math discovered or invented? - Jeff Dekofsky.
[Video]. Youtube. https://youtu.be/X_xR5Kes4Rs