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A Global Perspective on Applied Mathematics & Numerical Analysis

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Mathematics has a great variety of applications in the physical sciences. This simple, undeniable fact, however, gives rise to an interesting philosophical problem: why should physical scientists find that they are unable to even state their theories without the resources of abstract mathematical theories? Moreover, the formulation of physical theories in the language of mathematics often leads to new physical predictions which were quite unexpected on purely physical grounds. It is thought by some that the puzzles the applications of mathematics present are artefacts of out-dated philosophical theories about the nature of mathematics. In this paper I examine numerical analysis what precisely it is and why it is important. I begin by presenting a selective conceptual reconstruction of one suggestive line in its historical development. Then expand my focus to a general account of what numerical analysis consists today.

Published in American Journal of Applied Mathematics (Volume 2, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajam.20140202.15
Page(s) 69-73
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Keywords

Applied Mathematics, History, Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, Physical Theories

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Author Information
  • M. A. Applied Mathematics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Broujerd, Iran

  • Assistant Professor of applied Mathematics, Hamedan University of Technology, Hamedan, Iran

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