pure mathematics
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1. the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | math, mathematics, maths, |
| definition | : | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | arithmetic, |
| definition | : | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | geometry, |
| definition | : | the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | numerical analysis, |
| definition | : | (mathematics) the branch of mathematics that studies algorithms for approximating solutions to problems in the infinitesimal calculus (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | trig, trigonometry, |
| definition | : | the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | algebra, |
| definition | : | the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | calculus, infinitesimal calculus, |
| definition | : | the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | set theory, |
| definition | : | the branch of pure mathematics that deals with the nature and relations of sets (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | group theory, |
| definition | : | the branch of mathematics dealing with groups (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | analysis situs, topology, |
| definition | : | the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | metamathematics, |
| definition | : | the logical analysis of mathematical reasoning (noun.cognition) |
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