Do u think our Math system is perfect or not?

Question

if not WHY?

I am talking about mathematical calculations system..
not education pals..
I know that educations sucks..lol..

Its really hard to explain what I mean by "perfect" or "mathematical calc....."
I know I should make illustrations but I should work on it to mak a perfect illustration (oops I said "perfect" again)
but I am exhausted right now and cant make any illustrationss....

well, I am sooooo familiar with maths and I think its not perfect yet....
what's more, I used to think it was perfect before getting to know about maths...

Answer 1

Its not perfect, but it works for us...we do what we can with what we know.

Answer 2

It depends on your definition of perfect. Certainly, our math system is not complete. But, no axiomatic math system ever will be. That was proven by Godel. He showed that there will always be a statement that cannot be proven true or untrue. You can adjust the axioms but the same situation will occur with another statement.

Mathematics does an amazingly good job at predicting natural phenomenon. It is interesting to many that it does since it is often developed like a game - make up a set of rules and a couple of definitions and see what you can conclude. On the other hand, writers indicate that it comes from a natural place, the brain, so it should do a good job of modelling nature (Barrows, Stewart).

So, the mathematical systems today will never be perfect in the sense that they will never be complete. But, they do a pretty good job for most of the time.

Answer 3

Math is not only perfect, it is the most perfect system.

It represents human's need for reliability, predictability and consistency.

The world that math operates in is well defined and self contained. The operations and rules within the domain are well defined and bounded. Besides these stringent requirements, it does so elegantly. It has a language of its own, concise, yet clear.

Math is a perfect playground for those who understand it but remains a mystery to those who do not. In that sense, it is only perfect if you get to know it, otherwise, it is a stranger, and strangers aren't perfect.

Answer 4

Godel had some theorum (forgot the formal name) that proved that some things can't be proved, so if true, in that sense, not perfect. Thanks someone writing above.. it's called "Incompleteness".

In math notation, I have questioned the ambiguity in the multiple meanings assigned in the use of ( ). a(b+c) = a x b + a x c...... but you are supposed to know by context that f(x) is an unspecified function that operates on x. How perfect is that? Would it seem illogical to Spock?

Answer 5

Mathematics in itself may or may not be perfect, but our understanding of it is far from perfect.

Any system that has "undefined" values, imaginary numbers or has to set the value of 0!=1 (zero factorial) by definition. Has room for improvement.

That being said, it is all we have and it seems pretty darn adequate for the job.

Answer 6

I dont know what you mean with the "mathematical calculations system" if you are referring to thing like sin(23), log(12) etc, the system is good enough. Instead of using sinx cosx e^x etc maybe it is possible to name the elementary functions by parametric taylor expansions So that we can write
( T[n,n+1] (x) ) ' = ( T[n+2,n+4] (x) ) ' , you dont have to remember then that sin x ' = -cos x

Answer 7

I think that we need a revolution in the math system. The accepted math system today is axiomatic. We still have no definition of point!!! Euclidian system is totally stupid (we already started to recognize it many years ago). Many simple things cannot be explained within the limits of current system. For example nobody could explain the law of distribution of such a simple thing as prime numbers.. And quantum physics is already stuck in many dimensional math, because we cannot develope useful math instruments within current mathematical system limits.. We definitely need a revolution...

Answer 8

Math System? If you mean the formula we use to solve an equation; then yes they are perfect to a certain degree as we created these tools to begin with by setting a certain preset form of measurements to gage these devices. God is perfect. We are not. If we created math system then no it is not perfect. On the other-hand If God created math....well then you already have your answer.

Answer 9

No, because some of the equations that where modified by various association and societies were change a decade or two ago has now revert to the original equation that was developed in the 1930's. seventy odd years and we decide oops! maybe they were right back then we are too busy micro-managing.

Answer 10

mathematics is an abstract science. well! I don't like maths much. I took medical subjects after 10th standard , now it's 4 yrs since I studied it. so i can't tell why it's perfect or not.

Answer 11

Math is based on human understanding. Since human understanding is not perfect, then math is probably not perfect. Even if it were perfect, we couldn't tell because our understanding is not perfect. So the answer is probably not, but we can't be sure.