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[[Applied mathematics]] concerns the use of mathematical methods for practical purposes. [[Pure mathematics]] involves reasoning about abstract structures.
[[Applied mathematics]] concerns the use of mathematical methods for practical purposes. [[Pure mathematics]] involves reasoning about abstract structures.
====Applied mathematics====
====Applied mathematics====
Applied mathematics has its emphasis in applications, and is used extensively in the sciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]], [[medicine]], and [[biology]], as well as [[engineering]], [[mechanics]] and [[technology]]. [[Economics]] and [[information theory]] also uses applied mathematics. Mathmeticians involved in research can and do create new theories, mathematical ideas, and new areas of study simply from their use of applied mathematics to solve various problems.
====Pure mathematics====
====Pure mathematics====