What is Mathematics all about?
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چکیده
1) The facility with numbers and calculations, 2) The art of avoiding unnecessary calculations, 3) Memorizing formulas and theorems, 4) Understanding and finding proofs, 5) Solving problems with well-described procedures, 6) Solving problems for which there are no well-described procedures, 7) Understanding abstract mathematical concepts, 8) Creating new mathematical concepts, and clarifying and refining old ones.
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