ORIGIN late 16th cent.: plural of obsolete mathematic[mathematics,] from Old French mathematique, from Latin (ars) mathematica 'mathematical (art),' from Greek mathēmatikē (tekhnē), from the base of manthanein'learn.'
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Mathematics is a branch of Science. Other terms referring to Mathematics are Math and Arithmetic.
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Mendel used the mathematics in his experiments. He found the ratio of the pea plants who were tall to who were short if every generation and gave the law of inheritance.
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The Fibonacci sequence is named after Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci. His 1202 book Liber Abaci introduced the sequence to Western European mathematics, although the sequence had been described earlier as Virahankanumbers in Indian mathematics.