pure mathematics en · NOUN
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An early usage, from 1746, is in the title of the position Sadlerian Lecturer of Pure Mathematics (later "Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics").
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(uncountable) The study of mathematical concepts independently of applications outside mathematics.
1983, B. D. Bunday, H. Mulholland, Pure Mathematics for Advanced Level, Butterworths, 2nd Edition, page v, Since the first edition was published there have been changes in the content of the pure mathematics syllabuses of the various examining boards.
2010, Martin Liebeck, A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics, Taylor & Chapman (CRC Press: Chapman & Hall), 3rd Edition, page xii, When starting to study pure mathematics at university, students often have a refreshing sense of "beginning all over again."
This book is the result of an attempt to bring between two covers a wide region of pure mathematics.
1913, Arthur Lyon Bowley, A General Course of Pure Mathematics, Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), page iii:
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sv ren matematik (area of mathematics) · tl tagnas na sipnayan (area of mathematics) · id matematika murni (area of mathematics) · fr mathématiques pures (area of mathematics) · ka წმინდა მათემატიკა (area of mathematics) · cs čistá matematika (area of mathematics) · pl matematyka czysta (area of mathematics) · no ren matematikk (area of mathematics) · is hrein stærðfræði (area of mathematics) · vi toán học thuần tuý (area of mathematics) · it matematica pura (area of mathematics) · pt matemática pura (area of mathematics) · cmn 純數學 /纯数学 (area of mathematics) · cmn 純數 /纯数 (area of mathematics) · cmn 純粹數學 /纯粹数学 (area of mathematics) · de reine Mathematik (area of mathematics) · cy mathemateg bur (area of mathematics) · da ren matematik (area of mathematics) · hi शुद्ध गणित (area of mathematics) · fi puhdas matematiikka (area of mathematics) · ja 純粋数学 (area of mathematics) · es matemáticas puras (area of mathematics) · ro matematică pură (area of mathematics) · hu elméleti matematika (area of mathematics) · nl zuivere wiskunde (area of mathematics) · ms matematik tulen (area of mathematics)