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Wikipedia: Mathematics

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Wikipedia's overview article on mathematics, its scope, branches, and role as the formal language of the other sciences. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
2
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for the discipline's scope and history only, an uncontroversial summary matter.
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Wikipedia: Mathematics
Claims Backed By This Source (29 claims)

This source backs 29 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Open Questions, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 connected, 2 general references.
  • Disciplines, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
  • Subcategories, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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