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    • Core Mathematics
    • Applied Mathematics

    Background:

    • The rapid growth of computing and its applications has significantly influenced the mathematical sciences.
    • This has led to a surge in novel methods, theories, and models within mathematics.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To illustrate the changes in mathematical sciences driven by computational advancements.
    • To demonstrate the broadened and enriched relationship between mathematics and science.
    • To redefine mathematical science as the study of patterns.

    Main Methods:

    • Examining examples from statistical science.
    • Analyzing developments in core mathematics.
    • Investigating applications in applied mathematics.

    Main Results:

    • The integration of computing has cross-fertilized mathematical disciplines.
    • New mathematical methods, theories, and models have emerged.
    • The scope of mathematical science has expanded beyond traditional number and space studies.

    Conclusions:

    • Mathematical science is now characterized as the science of patterns.
    • Theories are increasingly built upon the relations among patterns.
    • Applications are derived from the congruence between patterns and observations.