Dear /sci/, it is my personal opinion that math is a science, "queen of the sciences" as some guy, probably Gauss, said. As such, the name "Science AND Math" is redundant, since math is science.
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Anonymous2008-01-02 12:10
In mathematics we prove our theorems, sciencefags don't. That's the main difference.
Generally math is only called a science for things like division of funds at a university. I personally consider math its own field. As >>2 said in math you can definitively prove things; in sciences you can only prove by exhaustion, which most mathematicians won't accept as proof.
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Anonymous2008-01-02 15:04
>>4
Math is abstract, physics is not knowable. There is the difference.
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Anonymous2008-01-02 15:40
Dear /sci/, it is my personal opinion that OP is a retard, "queen of the retards" as some guy, probably Me, said. As such, the name "Retards AND OP" is redundant, since OP is a retard.
/discuss
>>7
Exhaustion doesn't work for physics because there is an element of observational ability. With math, you know perfectly the conditions of certain things (i. e. a space is compact, or pathwise connected, or Hausdorff, etc.), whereas it is all about uncertainty and statistical analysis in physics.