What is Math - Mathematics?
The dictionary says: Mathematics is the abstract science of numbers, quantity, space, and structure, exploring patterns and relationships through logic. It is both a foundational tool for understanding reality—used in science, engineering, and daily life—and a field of study focusing on abstract concepts, axioms, and proofs.
While the above is 100% correct, is does not answer the big question, where did Mathematics come from? The reply may be: Mathematics originated in prehistoric times through basic counting and became more complex as time went on, as more uses were found. This is really telling about the history of Mathematics, but not where it came from. All Mathematics comes from the human mind.
Mathematics and the brain: "Mathematics is deeply embedded in the human mind, supported by specialized parietal and prefrontal brain networks that handle numerical processing. Humans possess an innate "number sense" for small quantities (1–4), which evolves through cognitive development and culture into complex mathematical thought, utilizing working memory, visual imagery, and conceptual metaphors." From National Institutes of Health Ext. Link
"The brain has a regions for Mathematical thinking engages a "fronto-parietal network," where the prefrontal cortex handles control, arithmetic logic, and short-term memory. While math uses symbolic logic, the neural processes for mathematics are distinct from language comprehension. Gifted individuals show more efficient, localized brain activity for familiar tasks and enhanced, broader activation for complex problems. High-level mathematical ability is strongly associated with superior working memory, long-term memory, and spatial visual imagery. Neuroscience uses mathematics to model the brain itself, including understanding how neurons, which are far too numerous for simple observation, interact to form thoughts and map memories." By Bobby Azarian, PhD in neuroscience, June 9, 2022 Ext. Link
The amazing point of these discoveries in math and the brain is that the parts of the brain used for advanced Mathematics have been present in the human brain for thousands of years, long before any advanced Mathematics was developed! These are brain cells that cost the human body energy and heat, a cost that gave no benefits until thousands of years later!
The still bigger question is, why is there advanced Mathematics?
The Great Connection!
Human Mind - Mathematics - Laws of Physics - The Universe
1) The Human Mind/Brain has the hardware to do Avdance Mathematics (from the start).
2) Avdance Mathematics are able to discover and understand the Laws of Physics. See Laws of Physics page
3) The Laws of Physics are able to describe the operation of much of the Universe. See Relativity page
4) The Space-Time Mathematics made by Human Minds discover the Universe (its space and time dimensions) have a beginning. See Space-Time page
5) One of the Laws of Physics is the Law of Cauality. (see below)
6) The Law of Causality states that every effect has a specific, adequate cause; nothing happens by chance or without a cause. It is a foundational principle of science and philosophy, requiring that cause and effect are linked, with effects being less than or equal to their causes.
7) The only Holy Book to have a God, described as able to operate inside and outside and before the Universe (extra-dimensional), is the God of the Bible. See Space-Time
Is Mathematics the language God invented so we could discover God in Creation.
Proven math is direct evidence, that is, evidence that stands on its own to prove a fact without requiring inference, such as a confession, security camera footage of the act, or an eyewitness account.
If you think the Bible is a list of dos and don'ts, you have not read the Bible and do not understand the Creator of the Universe, who has vast love for you. In God's "eyes" is love and forgiveness for every human. See God of the Bible
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Note: The Law of Causality, or law of cause and effect, states that every effect has an adequate, preceding cause, meaning nothing occurs by chance. It is a foundational principle of science and philosophy, asserting that all material effects require a cause and that this cause must be greater than or equal to the effect. It posits that nothing changes or comes into existence without a cause, serving as a foundational principle in science, logic, and philosophy. The cause must possess at least as much reality, perfection, or "information content" as its effect. This concept suggests that a cause must be adequate to produce the effect. The universe had a beginning (all space, mass, energy, and time had a beginning). The One that brought the universe into existence must be greater than the universe. Only the God of the Bible is described as having these traits. See Space time page on how this applies to the universe.
YouTube Video on Math by John Lennox
YouTube Video on Math by Hoover Institution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY3ZMOn9mHQ
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