Mathematics
![Euclid (holding calipers), Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens.[1]](/Images/godic/202501/26/Euclid4942.jpg")
![Greek mathematician Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), commonly credited with discovering the Pythagorean theorem](/Images/godic/202501/26/Kapitolinischer_Pythagoras_adjusted4942.jpg")
![Mayan numerals](/Images/godic/202501/26/Maya.svg4942.png")
![Persian mathematician Al-Khwarizmi ( c. 780 - c. 850 ), the inventor of the Algebra.](/Images/godic/202501/26/Persian_Khwarazmi4942.jpg")
Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”) is the study of topics such as quantity (numbers), structure, space, and change. There is a range of views among mathematicians and philosophers as to the exact scope and definition of mathematics.