What is applied mathematics?

Question

I have to write a report on it but i haven't been to successful in actually figuring out what it really is. It just seems as if all the explanations i get are so confusing, so if you can help me out that would be really great!!! Thanx!

Answer 1

It is mathematics used to model and solve practical, real world problems. Applied Mathematics is at the core of many disciplines ranging from engineering and science to business and economics. Applied mathematicians use equations and computer simulations to:
Design computer chips
Set airfare and insurance rates
Model electric power grids
Study genetic engineering
Create new automobile and airplane designs
Study global climate change

http://amath.colorado.edu/department/whatis.html
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/applied/wiggins/Classes/E4901/Fall2003/manif.pdf
http://www.liv.ac.uk/maths/Applied/wham.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics

Answer 2

Simply put, applied mathematics is numerical manipulation designed to solve a real-world problem. Contrast with theoretical mathematics (rings and strings), or mathematics problems ment only for practice ( ln e^4x / .25x) the likes of which would likely never be found in a real problem solving situation.

Calculating pH from the hydrogen ion concentration is applied mathematics. Calculating the distance an arrow flies given the initial rate and angle of ascent. Calculating the amount of interest one would have earned at 5.5% compounded quarterly for 6 years. Calculating the money saved in paying off a 30 year mortgage after 25 years; These are all real world examples of problems solved by applied mathematics.

Your report may want to include the difference in the approach to teaching mathematics taken by European, Asian and Western countries. The asians are taught using real world applications. Americans and Canadians are taught by practicing problems without much thought given to applications. A high school student in the USA can graph the function log 3x+2, but can't use the knowledge of logarithms to find the half life of a substance if 64% of it remains after 27 hours.

Answer 3

The three broad branches are Pure, Applied, and Statistics. They all use the same language, they all demand the same rigour, and if you sat through a lecture in any one of them it might not be immediately obvious which branch it was (especially Pure vs Applied).

The focus of pure mathematics is on developing theory and new approaches, driven by what's already known and what frontiers are apparent. I think of it as the research & development arm, as the engine room.

The focus of applied mathematics is on developing mathematical approaches that are practical and efficient to use on real-world problems. Most real-world mathematical problem solving is done on computers, not blackboards, and this throws up its own set of challenges. For example, there is little value in a weather forecasting model that takes 48 hours to give you a 24 hour prediction. An applied mathematician might search for a more computationally-efficient method for doing something that is well understood in a "pure" sense, or develop mathematical theory specifically to tackle a particular problem (airline scheduling is an example here). Sometimes this results in "new" mathematics that in terms of output isn't any different to pure mathematical research.

It also happens that pure mathematicians develop approaches that can be directly applied, but this is not the primary focus of their work.

Answer 4

Very simply applied mathematics is a classification as math applied to somthing in the physical world. I would say examples are the best way to describe this.
Any type of math that physicists or engineers used would be applied mathematics. Some of the more specific examples from math fields would be areas like Fourier Analysis, Differential equations, and mathematical physics.
It is kind of hard to define one from another because so much of math can be applied to the world. Mostly we would use that term to try to distinguish one class from another or one type of a degree from another.

Answer 5

What is considered Mathematics. Umm it's something you solve with Multiplication, Division, Subtraction, and addition are the most common. There is other things like Geometry and Area.

Answer 6

Applied Mathematics is a branch of mathematics that concerns itself with the mathematical techniques typically used in the application of mathematical knowledge to other domains.


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Answer 7

math applied to everyday life.