<sod>'''Mathematics''' (from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] μάθημα ''máthēma'', “knowledge, study, learning”) is the study of topics such as [[quantity]] ([[number]]s),<ref name="OED">{{cite web |url=http://oed.com/view/Entry/114974 |title=mathematics, ''n.'' |publisher=Oxford University Press |work=Oxford English Dictionary |year=2012 |accessdate=June 16, 2012 |quote=The science of space, number, quantity, and arrangement, whose methods involve logical reasoning and usually the use of symbolic notation, and which includes geometry, arithmetic, algebra, and analysis.}}</ref> [[mathematical structure|structure]],<ref name="Kneebone">{{cite book |title=Mathematical Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics: An Introductory Survey |publisher=Dover |author=Kneebone, G.T. |year=1963 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=tCXxf4vbXCcC&pg=PA4 4] |isbn=0-486-41712-3 |quote=Mathematics&nbsp;... is simply the study of abstract structures, or formal patterns of connectedness.}}</ref> [[space]],<ref name=OED/> and [[calculus|change]].<ref name="LaTorre">{{cite book |title=Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change |publisher=Cengage Learning |first1=Donald R. |last1=LaTorre |first2=John W. |last2=Kenelly |first3=Sherry S. |last3=Biggers |first4=Laurel R. |last4=Carpenter |first5=Iris B. |last5=Reed |first6=Cynthia R. |last6=Harris |year=2011 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=1Ebu2Tij4QsC&pg=PA2 2] |isbn=1-4390-4957-2 |quote=Calculus is the study of change—how things change, and how quickly they change.}}</ref><ref name="Ramana">{{cite book |title=Applied Mathematics |publisher=Tata McGraw–Hill Education |author=Ramana |year=2007 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=XCRC6BeKhIIC&pg=SA2–PA10 2.10] |isbn=0-07-066753-5 |quote=The mathematical study of change, motion, growth or decay is calculus.}}</ref><ref name="Ziegler">{{cite book |title=An Invitation to Mathematics: From Competitions to Research |publisher=Springer |author=Ziegler, Günter M. |authorlink=Günter M. Ziegler |year=2011 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=9TATfteVeVYC&pg=PR7 7] |isbn=3-642-19532-6 |chapter=What Is Mathematics?}}</ref> There is a range of views among mathematicians and philosophers as to the exact scope and [[definition of mathematics]].<ref name=Mura/><ref name=Runge/><!--<<< Please do NOT change the opening sentence without discussion; much time and discussion have been invested in its current form.--><eod>
<sod>'''Mathematics''' (from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] μάθημα ''máthēma'', “knowledge, study, learning”) is the study of topics such as [[quantity]] ([[number]]s),<ref name="OED">{{cite web |url=http://oed.com/view/Entry/114974 |title=mathematics, ''n.'' |publisher=Oxford University Press |work=Oxford English Dictionary |year=2012 |accessdate=June 16, 2012 |quote=The science of space, number, quantity, and arrangement, whose methods involve logical reasoning and usually the use of symbolic notation, and which includes geometry, arithmetic, algebra, and analysis.}}</ref> [[mathematical structure|structure]],<ref name="Kneebone">{{cite book |title=Mathematical Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics: An Introductory Survey |publisher=Dover |author=Kneebone, G.T. |year=1963 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=tCXxf4vbXCcC&pg=PA4 4] |isbn=0-486-41712-3 |quote=Mathematics&nbsp;... is simply the study of abstract structures, or formal patterns of connectedness.}}</ref> [[space]],<ref name=OED/> and [[calculus|change]].<ref name="LaTorre">{{cite book |title=Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change |publisher=Cengage Learning |first1=Donald R. |last1=LaTorre |first2=John W. |last2=Kenelly |first3=Sherry S. |last3=Biggers |first4=Laurel R. |last4=Carpenter |first5=Iris B. |last5=Reed |first6=Cynthia R. |last6=Harris |year=2011 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=1Ebu2Tij4QsC&pg=PA2 2] |isbn=1-4390-4957-2 |quote=Calculus is the study of change—how things change, and how quickly they change.}}</ref><ref name="Ramana">{{cite book |title=Applied Mathematics |publisher=Tata McGraw–Hill Education |author=Ramana |year=2007 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=XCRC6BeKhIIC&pg=SA2–PA10 2.10] |isbn=0-07-066753-5 |quote=The mathematical study of change, motion, growth or decay is calculus.}}</ref><ref name="Ziegler">{{cite book |title=An Invitation to Mathematics: From Competitions to Research |publisher=Springer |author=Ziegler, Günter M. |authorlink=Günter M. Ziegler |year=2011 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=9TATfteVeVYC&pg=PR7 7] |isbn=3-642-19532-6 |chapter=What Is Mathematics?}}</ref> There is a range of views among mathematicians and philosophers as to the exact scope and [[Definitions of mathematics|definition of mathematics]].<ref name=Mura/><ref name=Runge/><!--<<< Please do NOT change the opening sentence without discussion; much time and discussion have been invested in its current form.--><eod>