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mathematical approach

mathematical approach

1 3.7
A way of using math to study or solve problems
  • noun
  • /ˌmæθəˈmætɪkəl əˈproʊtʃ/
translation icon : enfoque matemático
  • Design optimization, which is based on a rational mathematical approach to modifying designs too complex for the engineer to modify, automates the design cycle.
  • took a mathematical approach
  • use a mathematical approach

Examples

  • Using a new mathematical approach, scientists have predicted drug side effects that typically aren't discovered until thousands of people have taken a medication.

  • His own earliest publications took a mathematical approach, and he later helped to organize the Econometric Society and served as its president.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Well, the blog dy/dan takes a mathematical approach toward finding the answer.

    Blog text (28)
  • The currently most popular mathematical approach to consciousness is Integrated Information Theory, IIT for short.

  • Conceptual and mathematical approaches to modeling mycorrhizal symbioses are emerging.

    Academic text (2006)
  • She admits she's never built a robot or solved a labyrinthian proof, but she doesn't let this stop her from loving the nuts and bolts of the mathematical approach.

    Blog text (2)
  • The significance of this is that modern mathematical approaches to derivative pricing implicitly involve the principle of reciprocity, which is anterior to the concept of justice and fairness and at odds with the orthodox objective of utility maximization.

    Blog text (24)
  • Other designers took a more mathematical approach to solve complex problems in their projects.

  • Sanguinetti and his colleagues took a mathematical approach that's typically used by epidemiologists to predict the spread of a virus or disease outbreak.

Synonyms

mathematical process
vsmathematical approach
  • Specialized
3.5

A series of steps used to solve math problems like addition or multiplication

is a broader method focusing on strategy and analysis rather than specific operations

How Mathematical

formal
  • Specialized
40 5.3
mathematical approach
1 3.7
heuristic
  • Specialized
3 8.0
empirically
  • Formal
15 6.0
intuitively
21 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

mathematical + approach

The meaning 'a method using mathematics' is directly and transparently derived from the adjective 'mathematical' (pertaining to mathematics) modifying the noun 'approach' (method/strategy); this follows a standard adjective+noun compositional pattern. The combination is literal and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The term mathematical approach comes from the simple image of using mathematical tools, like numbers and rules, as your approach or way to solve a problem. So, it means 'a method that uses mathematics'.