pure mathematics
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- noun
- /pjʊr ˌmæθəˈmætɪks/
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matemáticas puras
- Many students find that pure mathematics offers a refreshing challenge beyond practical applications.
People like James Lindsay with a PhD in pure mathematics.
- People like James Lindsay with a PhD in pure mathematics.
- But the more they looked into it, the more they found themselves having to learn about pure mathematics concepts called Galois fields.
- So if we're looking at things within the world, if we're doing pure mathematics or even pure natural science, wonderful, right?
- So the messiness of human beings could provide an additional challenge that like pure mathematics, wouldn't, you know, like an exception to that?
- I think it's like some imagine someone saying, wow, telescopes really good in astronomy, let's apply them in pure mathematics.
- Now my concern is I've got Someone Like You, multidisciplinary polymath James Lindsay, PhD in pure mathematics.
Examples
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This statement is not a matter of politics, opinion, taste, or in any other way a value judgment; it is a fundamental law of nature, which follows directly from pure mathematics in the general vicinity of the works of Turing.
Academic text (2011) -
And he says of pure mathematics, if it can be justified at all, it must be as a work of art.
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But the more they looked into it, the more they found themselves having to learn about pure mathematics concepts called Galois fields.
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Fran had done good, if undistinguished, work in pure mathematics all her life.
Fiction book (1995) -
As Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs has pointed out, the grand scheme of developing a comprehensive philosophy of nature lay beyond the realm of pure mathematics.
Academic text (2009) -
The natural sciences have been able to maintain their standards, thanks to their prestige and the acknowledged usefulness of their technological applications. Though some of their less useful fields, such as pure mathematics, theoretical physics, or taxonomic biology, are receiving less support than they deserve.
Academic text (1991) -
The totality of our so-called knowledge or beliefs, from the most casual matters of geography and history to the profoundest laws of atomic physics or even of pure mathematics and logic, is a man-made fabric that impinges on experience only along the edges.
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The beauty of pure mathematics lies in its ability to explore abstract concepts without any focus on real-world use.
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Her passion for pure mathematics led her to study theories that have no immediate practical application.
Synonyms
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The study of numbers, shapes, and patterns
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Study of numbers, shapes, and patterns used to solve problems
The study of numbers, shapes, and amounts used to solve problems
The study of numbers, shapes, and their relationships
Antonyms
- Specialized
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3.8
Part of math that uses methods to solve real-world problems in science and engineering
How Theoretical
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7.5
- Specialized
- Specialized
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7.4
- Specialized
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3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'pure' (meaning not mixed or focused on theory rather than practice) combined with 'mathematics' straightforwardly yields 'mathematics concerned with theory rather than application.' This compositional reading is common cross-linguistically (e.g., Spanish 'matemáticas puras', French 'mathématiques pures') and a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Pure mathematics started from the idea of something pure—clean and not mixed with anything—so people imagined math kept apart from practical use. That's why pure mathematics means studying math for its own 'theory' rather than for direct 'applications'.