Western mathematics
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Western mathematics is the tradition of mathematical thought and practice that developed primarily in Europe and later the Western world, encompassing fields from classical geometry and arithmetic to modern algebra, analysis, and applied mathematics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Renaissance mathematics | 1 |
| Western mathematics canonical | 1 |
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural tradition
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intellectual tradition ⓘ mathematical tradition ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Greek mathematics
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Hellenistic mathematics ⓘ Renaissance mathematics ⓘ Roman mathematics ⓘ early modern European mathematics ⓘ medieval European mathematics ⓘ |
| hasGeographicOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Rome
Europe ⓘ Western world ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
Renaissance period
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classical period ⓘ early modern period ⓘ medieval period ⓘ modern period ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Archimedes
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Carl Friedrich Gauss ⓘ David Hilbert ⓘ Euclid ⓘ Georg Cantor ⓘ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ Isaac Newton ⓘ Kurt Gödel ⓘ Leonhard Euler ⓘ René Descartes ⓘ |
| includesField |
algebra
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applied mathematics ⓘ arithmetic ⓘ calculus ⓘ differential equations ⓘ discrete mathematics ⓘ geometry ⓘ linear algebra ⓘ mathematical analysis ⓘ mathematical logic ⓘ number theory ⓘ numerical analysis ⓘ probability theory ⓘ set theory ⓘ statistics ⓘ topology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Babylonians
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surface form:
Babylonian mathematics
Chinese mathematics ⓘ Egyptian mathematics ⓘ Indian mathematics ⓘ Islamic mathematics ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedBy |
axiomatic methods
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rigorous proof ⓘ symbolic notation ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
computer science
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economics ⓘ engineering ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ physics ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Renaissance mathematics