pure_mathematics (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *pure mathematics*:
NOUN	cognition	pure mathematics	the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness

English > *pure mathematics*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	The branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness.
Narrower	algebra	The mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
	arithmetic	The branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
	calculus, infinitesimal calculus	The branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
	geometry	The pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
	group theory	The branch of mathematics dealing with groups
	metamathematics	The logical analysis of mathematical reasoning
	numerical analysis	(mathematics) the branch of mathematics that studies algorithms for approximating solutions to problems in the infinitesimal calculus
	set theory	The branch of pure mathematics that deals with the nature and relations of sets
	topology, analysis situs	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
	trigonometry, trig	The mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
Broader	mathematics, math, maths	A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
Catalan	matemàtica pura

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