Is math a language

Nouns in math include:

Language is a means of communication. You can
• Arabic numerals (0, communicate via dance, music, words, numbers, light, When am I ever going to use math?
5, 123.7)
sound, fire, etc. Whatever means you use, to 1. Math Helps You Build Things
• Fractions (1⁄4, 5⁄9, 2
1⁄3) communicate, is a language. People think of numbers and 2. Math is in the Grocery Store
• Variables (a, b, c, x, operations when they think of math. But math is far more 3. Math Makes Baking Fun
y, z) than that. For that matter, there is a wide practically 4. Math Takes the Risk Out of Travel
• Expressions (3x, x2, infinite range of TYPES of numbers and TYPES of 5. Math Helps You Save Money
4 + x) operation. But put that aside, for a moment. You can’t 6. Math Lets You Manage Time
• Diagrams or visual see, without math. Your brain calculates distance, light,
elements (circle,
perspective, etc. without your even being aware of it. The
angle, triangle,
tensor, matrix) most advanced computers in the world — in combination,
• Infinity (∞) and with unlimited financial resources — can’t catch a ball
• Pi (π) thrown randomly. The math involved is too complex. A
• Imaginary numbers child, however, can do it — with ease. The ball, in a way, is Famous mathematicians:
(i, -i) talking to the child. The child’s brain understands the • Isaac Newton
• The speed of light language of the ball’s movement. • Archimedes
(c)
• Carl F. Gauss
• Leonhard Euler
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of
• Bernhard Riemann
logical ideas.
• Henri Poincare
Albert Einstein
• Joseph-Louis Lagrange