By : Karthik.s

Introduction to the special theme: Mathematics for Everyday Life

INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL THEME Mathematics is in principle inexpensive. As the old joke says, a mathematician needs only paper, a pencil, an easy chair and a wastebasket. Also, the criterion for success in mathematics is by and large universally accepted. This makes mathematics an attractive 'investment'.

Moreover, a mathematical result is valid forever. It may fall out of fashion, or fall outside the current area of application, but even the oldest known mathematical formulae - such as that for solving quadratic equations, known 2400 years ago by Babylonians, Chinese and later the Greeks before being crystallized into its present form in 1100 AD by a Hindu mathematician called Baskhara - are the bread and butter of present-day elementary mathematics.

Alas, the downside is that the results are usually not immediately applicable – and therein lies the risk. Who wants to ‘invest’ in something that may not lead to applications for several hundred years? The good news is that the distance between theory and application is becoming shorter and shorter.

“The laws of nature are but the mathematic thoughts of God” - Euclid

Mathematics can be compared to a pyramid. On the top of the pyramid are applications of mathematics to health, weather, movies and mobile phones. However, the top of this pyramid would not be so high if its base were not so wide. Only by extending the width of the base can we eventually build the top higher.

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Like the crest of a peacock, so is mathematics head of all knowledge

Going deeper and deeper into the roots of the mathematics, one ends up with such cornerstones of logic as model theory and set theory.

THIS SPECIAL FEATURE OF MATHEMATICS DERIVES FROM ITS INTERNAL STRUCTURE. A GOOD MODERN APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICS CAN TYPICALLY DRAW FROM DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND LINEAR ALGEBRA. THESE MAY VERY WELL DRAW FROM GRAPH THEORY, GROUP THEORY AND COMPLEX ANALYSIS. THESE IN TURN REST ON THE FIRM BASIS OF NUMBER THEORY, TOPOLOGY AND GEOMETRY.

“LIFE is like MATHS if it gets too easy something is wrong”

It is clear that mathematics is heavily used in large industrial projects and in the ever-growing electronic infrastructure that surrounds us.

However, mathematics is also increasingly infiltrating smaller scale circles, such as doctors' reception rooms, sailboat design and of course all kinds of portable devices.

There has also been a change in the way mathematics penetrates our society.

“MATHEMATICS may not teach us to subtract hate or add love but it gives us hope that every problem has a solution”

The oldest applications of mathematics were probably in various aspects of measurement, such as measuring area, price, length or time. This has led to tremendously successful mathematical theories of equations, dynamical systems and so on.

In today's world, we already know pretty accurately for example the make-up of the human genome, yet we are just taking the first steps in understanding the mathematics behind this incredibly complex structure of three billion DNA base pairs. Our understanding of the mathematics of the whole universe of heavenly bodies, even going back in time to the first second of its existence, is better than our understanding of the mathematics of our own genes and bodies.

Mathematics and its Necessity Mathematics is often defined

as the study of quantity, magnitude, and relations of numbers or symbols. It embraces the subjects of arithmetic, geometry, algebra, calculus, probability, statistics, and many other special areas of research. But do we really need mathematics in our real life? Are calculus and other complex branches of mathematics really necessary?

Come to think of it, why do students have common ideas regarding math? Why is it almost all, see math as hard, difficult and complex subject? In student's everyday life, math blends with their mind and activities, with their soul and actions. Math is the powerful thing that spices up our life. It is simply the powerful spice that thrills and tricks human beings. Math simply let people enjoy the wonderful world of imagination, thinking and philosophy.

In the beginning, God made the world in his own likeness and image. He put things into order and balance. There had been an equal distribution of wealth and resources throughout the universe. He created man, as the balance of nature and the caretaker of everything he creates. Man, as a picture of God also tries to put things into balance. There had been beautiful things, so as ugly things; there had been good people so as bad people; there had been... the positive and negative aspects of life. And yes, one thing that balances the easy living is the toughness and hardness of thinking mathematics and applying it into our daily lives. That was one of the greatest roles of mathematics in our society; in our environment... to BALANCE!

Mathematics is pervasive throughout modern life. Baking a cake or building a house involves the use of numbers, geometry, measures, and space. The design of precision instruments, the development of new technologies, and advanced computers all use more technical mathematics.

The role of mathematics in the society is really important. Each various things that mankind do is somehow related to mathematics. In the simple counting of items and money, math is associated. In the economics status of a certain country, math is involved and quite concerned. In the office, in school and in everywhere, mathematics plays a very important role in our lives... to gain the EQUILIBRIUM that man and nature tries to destroy.

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