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# Mathematics
Mathematics (also math or maths) is the best [science](science.md) (yes, it is a formal science), which deductively deals with [numbers](number.md), abstract structures and [logic](logic.md) in as rigorous and objective way as possible. In fact it's the only true science that can actually prove things. It is immensely important in [programming](programming.md) and [computer science](compsci.md).
Mathematics (also math or maths, from Greek *mathematicos*, *learned*) is the best [science](science.md) (yes, it is a formal science), which deductively deals with [numbers](number.md) and other [abstract](abstraction.md) structures with the use of pure [logic](logic.md), in as rigorous and objective way as possible. In fact it's the only true science that can actually prove things thanks to its tool of mathematical proof (other sciences may only disprove or show something to be very likely). It is immensely important in [programming](programming.md) and [computer science](compsci.md). Mathematics is possibly the intellectually most difficult field to study in depth, meant for the smartest people; the difficulty, as some mathematicians themselves say, comes especially from the extremely deep abstraction (pure mathematics often examines subjects that have no known connection to reality and only exist as a quirk of logic itself). It is said that mathematics is the only **universal [language](language.md)** in our universe -- if we ever get in contact with an intelligent alien civilization, mathematics is likely to be used for communication.
Some see math not as a science but rather a discipline that develops formal tools for "true sciences". The reasoning is usually that a science has to use [scientific method](scientific_method.md), but that's a limited view as scientific method is not the only way of obtaining reliable knowledge. Besides that math can and does use the principles of scientific method -- mathematicians first perform "experiments" with numbers and generalize into [conjectures](conjecture.md) and later "strong beliefs", however this is not considered [good enough](good_enough.md) in math as it actually has the superior tool of [proof](proof.md) that is considered the ultimate goal of math. I.e. math relies on [deductive](deduction.md) reasoning (proof) rather than less reliable [inductive](induction.md) reasoning (scientific method) -- in this sense mathematics is more than a science.