Invention or Discovery?
Mathematics was always present in nature, waiting to be discovered. In fact, it is present everywhere in the universe. But math, as a subject, is dreaded and scary for many. Even thinking about calculations, theorems, algebra, geometry, permutations and combinations gives goosebumps to some people.
Mathematics as a science is not a discovery by a single person. It is a joint effort which was started by the Babylonians and Egyptians, way back in 3000 BC. There are important contributions from the Greeks, Indians, and others, which have helped develop mathematical concepts, abstracts, formulae, etc. The discovery of various constants, laws, and theorems is based on the invention of the numerical system. All of these numbers give physics, chemistry, and all the other sciences a much-needed backbone, which supports and gives them a definite measure.
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