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What is Mathematics?
Mathematics is the study of numbers, shapes and patterns. The word comes from the Greek word mathema meaning "science, knowledge, or learning".
Mathematics can be broadly grouped into the following branches:
Arithmetic:
It is the oldest and the most elementary among other branches of mathematics. It deals with numbers and the basic operations- addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, between them.
Algebra:
Algebra is a branch of mathematics that deals in representing numbers through variables.
Algebra also deals with symbols, relations, functions, and equations.
Geometry:
Geometry is a branch of mathematics that studies the sizes, shapes, positions, angles and dimensions of things.
Flat shapes like squares, circles, and triangles are a part of flat geometry and are called 2D shapes. These shapes have only 2 dimensions, the length and the width.
Trigonometry:
Derived from two Greek terms trignon (meaning a triangle) and metron (meaning a measure), it is the study of relationships between angles and sides of triangles.
Analysis:
It is the branch that deals with the study of the rate of change of different quantities. Calculus forms the base of analysis.
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