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Mathematics   (from  Greek  μάθημα  máthēma , "knowledge, study, learning") includes the study of such topics as  quantity  ( number theory ), structure  ( algebra ), space  ( geometry ), [1]  and  change  ( mathematical analysis ). It has no generally accepted  definition . Mathematicians seek and use  patterns  to formulate new  conjectures ; they resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by  mathematical proof . When mathematical structures are good models of real phenomena, mathematical reasoning can be used to provide insight or predictions about nature. Through the use of  abstraction  and  logic , mathematics developed from  counting ,  calculation ,  measurement , and the systematic study of the  shapes  and  motions  of  physical objects . Practical mathematics has been a human activity from as far back as  written records ...