Is math an artform or a science?

Question

believe it or not, 2 of my university lecturers ended up in a fist fight over this question. i personally believe it's and art form that helps us explain science, thats just me, what do you think?

Answer 1

Is mathematics a science?
Carl Friedrich Gauss referred to mathematics as "the Queen of the Sciences".[1] In the original Latin Regina Scientiarum, as well as in German Königin der Wissenschaften, the word corresponding to science means (field of) knowledge. Indeed, this is also the original meaning in English, and there is no doubt that mathematics is in this sense a science. The specialization restricting the meaning to natural science is of later date. If one considers science to be strictly about the physical world, then mathematics, or at least pure mathematics, is not a science. Karl Popper believed that mathematics was not experimentally falsifiable and thus not a science.[citation needed] However, other thinkers, notably Imre Lakatos, have applied a version of falsificationism to mathematics itself.

An alternative view is that certain scientific fields (such as theoretical physics) are mathematics with axioms that are intended to correspond to reality. In fact, the theoretical physicist, J. M. Ziman, proposed that science is public knowledge and thus includes mathematics.[2] In any case, mathematics shares much in common with many fields in the physical sciences, notably the exploration of the logical consequences of assumptions. Intuition and experimentation also play a role in the formulation of conjectures in both mathematics and the (other) sciences. Experimental mathematics continues to grow in importance within mathematics, and computation and simulation are playing an increasing role in both the sciences and mathematics, weakening the objection that mathematics does not utilize the Scientific Method.

The opinions of mathematicians on this matter are varied. While some in applied mathematics feel that they are scientists, those in pure mathematics often feel that they are working in an area more akin to logic and that they are, hence, fundamentally philosophers. Many mathematicians feel that to call their area a science is to downplay the importance of its aesthetic side, and its history in the traditional seven liberal arts; others feel that to ignore its connection to the sciences is to turn a blind eye to the fact that the interface between mathematics and its applications in science and engineering has driven much development in mathematics. One way this difference of viewpoint plays out is in the philosophical debate as to whether mathematics is created (as in art) or discovered (as in science). It is common to see universities divided into sections that include a division of Science and Mathematics, indicating that the fields are seen as being allied but that they do not coincide. In practice, mathematicians are typically grouped with scientists at the gross level but separated at finer levels.

Answer 2

we've continually pushed math and technology. no longer too complicated I promise. while my little ones have been approximately 4 we presented them to the seen math by making them count variety cookies or beans or notwithstanding they have been eating. Then we'd tell them they had to consume 5 massive bites of something or we'd take a cookie away and then ask how many they had left. For all you jerks available- NO we did no longer save the cookie we gave it decrease back. it is basically mean. technology became truly consumer-friendly too. considered one of their fave technology initiatives became 2 empty coke bottles (a million 0.5 way crammed) taped at the same time, once you shake the bottles a definite way it made a twister. My oldest is into forensic technology. I swear that newborn can raise a finger print off something. My youngest loves flora so we use that to coach her approximately sunlight and oxygen etc, etc.

Answer 3

It's both. While math does not allow for the creativity if Art, it opens up many artisitc prinsipals and ideas. It also forms the ideas of Sciencefic study. The idea of it being a Languge is a good thought as well, as anyone can use this internatioanl languge.

Answer 4

Math is has too many problems so it is definitely not Art,It must be a science. The only neat thing about it is every one has to have the same answer to be right.

Answer 5

its a science that can be interpreted as art sometimes, but if you look at how math works it is defined by rules and uses proofs and formulas, and has order which is basically the definition of science...art can be choatic and undefined and generally follows few if any rules

Answer 6

I see no reason why it is not both. I do not see science and art as mutually exclusive. Much like great music is very mathematical, great mathematics also has an almost musical quality.

Answer 7

it is absolutly a art form because as you said it helps us to understand and explain science but it is also true that math is not a art form because it consists only one perspective there is just 1 true answer...

Answer 8

It's an exact science.

Answer 9

a represention of quantifiable amounts and their relationships.

So an interpretation, language.

Answer 10

I think it is a language.