What is math?

Math to me is the basis of all things. Math is in about everything we see and use on a daily basis. For instance, I use it when I'm driving to calculate my actual speed. My speedometer is off 5 mph so I have to use math to know how fast I am really going. Math is numbers. We can use addition and subtraction as well as other operations to alter the numbers. Math is also found in other areas of the sciences. Physicists use math all the time to figure out different things.
I really don't know many milestones of mathematics but I will list what I can. I think one of the biggest milestones in math would be the invention of mathematical solving devices. From abacuses all the way up to equation solving softwares that we use today. Technology has definitely impacted mathematics in the fact that everything has gotten easier and faster to solve. This would make it to some of the "unsolvable" problems from back in the day can now be solved using technology. Another milestone would be Isaac Newton. Newton founded calculus and the basics of calculus. Newtons Method is still taught today as a way to approximate the root of a function. The different geometries is also a milestone: Euclidean vs non-Euclidean. Euclid's postulates are the basis of Euclidean geometry. The main difference in Euclidean and non-Euclidean is the Euclids fifth postulate. Each uses it in a different way. I also believe that the fibonacci sequence is a huge milestone in math. You can see the fibonacci sequence all through nature and it keeps reappearing through other things.

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  1. John GoldenSeptember 9, 2017 at 1:21 PM

    Not many people bring up tech as a milestone, but it must be, right? Either as a creation of math or a tool for math.

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