Wednesday, March 18, 2009

The language community of mathematics

Conscious users
Mathematics is used by mathematicians , who form a global community. It is also used by students of mathematics. As mathematics is a part of primary education in almost all countries, almost all educated people have some exposure to pure mathematics. It is interesting to note that there are very few cultural dependencies or barriers in modern mathematics.

Unconscious or subconscious users
Almost every person has used mathematics for practical purposes like calculating his produce or his wage. Non-rigorous use of mathematics is used in estimating how much to eat, whether to cross a road or not etc and such activity is done not only by humans but also by other animals. The whole universe is governed by mathematical rules.

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