Math: is it an art, or a science?

[Amortentia]

It is both. Beautiful art with a complex science to it. I would also agree that it is a language just as music is.

[Ziveth]

A science, i think

[Herr Abubu]

It is clearly not a science if the usual definitions of science as the accumulation of knowledge through hypothesis and experimentation undergirded by empiricist views are applied. Mathematics is completely a priori and non-empirical in nature. It is more like philosophy, which like mathematics, is the application of the principles of logic to different types of questions.

[Insuperable]

I can't say that it is equally both since math is primarily a science, but definitely art can be drawn from mathematics.

[Svipdag]

When the college where I was teaching was in the throes of evolving into a university, there were meetings to determine to which division of the university various departments ought to be assigned. The chairman of the math department at the time got up in a meeting where his department was being discussed and proclaimed "Mathematics is the highest form of art."

In my opinion, mathematics is a symbolic language especially suited to the expression of statements in deductive logic.

[Tauromachos]

Math:is it an art or science?

Both

[Fractal]

Math is the most useless subject to study (pure) unless you're aiming to become an Applied Mathematician - in which case you'll be thinking about Differential Equations (ordinary and partial) and numerical analysis nonstop.

[Lessenech]

It's metaphysics, so neither.

[Bogdan]

Both.

[gıulıoımpa]

in it's simplest form it is art.

in it's most complete form is how the universe works