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Pure mathematics

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of mathematical concepts independently of applications outside mathematics. uncountable

    "This book is the result of an attempt to bring between two covers a wide region of pure mathematics."

  2. 2
    the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness wordnet

Etymology

An early usage, from 1746, is in the title of the position Sadlerian Lecturer of Pure Mathematics (later "Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics").

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