Mathematics and Statistics

Mathematics and statistics are not only powerful problem-solving tools, but also highly creative fields of studies that combine precision with intuition, and imagination with logic.

Mathematics is much more than arithmetic. Its basic goal is to reveal general patterns that explain our world. These patterns appear in electrical impulses of the human nervous system, in the evolution of animal populations in their habitats, or in fluctuations in stock-market prices to name a few. Mathematics is at the centre of science and engineering, and reaches way beyond into medicine and business.

Advances in mathematics and statistics lie behind many discoveries that are now part of our daily live, such as MRI scanners, digital compression of music and images, secure electronic communications, data mining, genomic algorithms, stock market pricing, video games and more. Where there is technology, there is mathematics.

To study mathematics, one has to love the subject and appreciate its beauty. It is a fascinating subject to study. Mathematics, music, literature and a few other subjects are the fundamental blocks of human knowledge, the product of thousands of years of civilization.

In this section of the website, we introduce some of the beautiful fields of mathematics and hopefully teach some mathematics in the process. We also look at the impact of mathematics in our life.

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