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Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, theories, and theorems that are developed and proved in response to the needs of empirical sciences or the needs of mathematics itself. There are many areas of mathematics, including number theory, algebra, geometry, analysis, and set theory.
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- ... that the Pythagorean theorem has over 400 known proofs?
- ... that Euler's identity is often called the most beautiful equation in mathematics?
- ... that there are infinitely many prime numbers?
- ... that calculus was independently discovered by Newton and Leibniz?
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Study of mathematical symbols and rules for manipulating these symbols
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