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To: Olog-hai
Arithmetic is a branch of mathematics.

Maybe according to Google et al., but I have multiple Math Degrees and where I went (Rensselaer) no courses were offered in Arithmetic.

ML/NJ

42 posted on 06/13/2018 7:56:24 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj

Not “according to Google et al”. When I was in primary school in Ireland (mid to late 1970s), all arithmetic was referred to as mathematics and the word “arithmetic” was never used.

It could be argued that the term “mathematics” with reference to real number manipulation is too general, in light of that, especially given the etymology of the word “mathematics” (which comes from Greek “mathema”, meaning “lesson”).


52 posted on 06/13/2018 9:12:54 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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