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ismat
hematicbei
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scov
ered?

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sov erthey earsandev ennow. Somepeopl esaythat
mat hematicisbeingcreat
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rom t
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mat el
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nkso.Idot hi
nkmat hemati
csi salsodiscovered.

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ggerourmi ndtothinkmor eabouti t.Ecl
i
psei st
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exampl e.Hav eyouev ert houghthowhumanbei ngcandetermi newhenecl i
pseisaboutto
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sti
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ansareable
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odescr i
be
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ngt heexisti
ngsi tuati
on, whi
chisbeingdi scov ered.So,Ibel
ieve
mat hemat icsisinventedbutt hedi scoveryofnewt hingshelpi ttobei nvented.Mathematicsis
bothi nventedanddi scover ed.

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ovingthetheor
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I
nshort,
mathisbothinventedanddiscover
ed.

I
nmyopi
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Mat
hemat
icsi
sbot
hinv
ent
edanddi
scov
eredsoIchoosebot
hsi
des.

Theonlyreasonmat hemat icsi

sadmi rablysuiteddescr i
bingt hephysi calworldisthatwe
i
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wegoal ongt osuitourpur poses.Assuch, t
hey'r
edi scoveries–buttheywer emadeusi ng
techni
quesinv entedbymat hematici
ans.Andov erthecent uries,
mat hemat ici
anshav edev ised
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erenttechniquescapabl eofprov i
ngt hetheor em.Inshor t
,mat hisbot hinvented
anddiscovered.Accor di
ngt oMat hemat i
cians,mathemat i
cswasnei therdiscoverednor
i
nv ent
ed.Becausesomet hingsarealreadyinthiswor l
dwaswor kingaccor dingtomat hsand
somenewt hingswer einventedfornewcr eati
on.
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