Presence of Mathematics in Every Subject

Most people do not like mathematics in their everyday life and it applies to me as well, not being an avid follower of this subject, I realized while growing up that this subject has its importance and place in day-to-day life even if we do not use Pythagoras theorem daily.

It’s the mistake of our surroundings who paralyzed our vision into thinking that mathematics is only about formulas and scoring better marks or it is not made for average students rather than making us believe that this subject is also like any other subject and can be conquered by working in the right direction.

Mathematics helps us in brushing our critical thinking skills and boosts our data analyzing skills along with the problem-solving capacity which is not only the biggest hit skill right now but helps us in our lives at small moments. Therefore, this article is dedicated to the importance of maths in every field.

Mathematics Physics

It is the backbone of Physics. There are so many applications of mathematics in physics such as with the perfection in conversion between exponential, factor and standard form, we can apply this knowledge to find out the distance between the sun and each planet using scientific notation.

We can also use differential equations to find velocity, acceleration and can solve a variety of problems. How interesting it sounds!

Mathematics in Biology

This is a very interesting place to know the importance of maths as almost everyone thinks that biology is all rot learning and then vomiting it out on a sheet of paper, but the truth is, it is so much more than memorizing as it aware us of the existence of life and how are we living it every day.

A sub-field of biological science is the field of biostatistics, a field in which statistics are used to describe and explain life sciences. The purpose of statistical analysis is to find correlations between variables against each other. Mathematical models are also used to investigate situations that are not amenable to experiments.

Mathematics in Music

From the vibrations in the strings and the harmony, they create to the digitized music we listen to is because of that mathematics only, brain-freeze moment? It is cool because it is amazing like that. The tone system and the frequencies of two notes that have an octave difference bear the ratio 1:2.

Thus, if the frequency of Shadja in the middle octave is equal to n vibrations per second, then the frequency of the higher Shadja would be 2n, that of the next higher would be 4n and so on. Hence, the frequency relationships of the octaves proceed in geometrical progression as 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and so on.

Pythagoras used numerical terms to express intervals between notes and derived musical tones from geometrical patterns.

Mathematics in Arts

Mathematics and Arts have a long historical relationship. Artists have used mathematics since the fourth century. Persistent popular claims have been made for the use of the Golden Ratio in ancient art and architecture. Da Vinci made use of the idea of the golden ratio in some of his paintings and drawings such as The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa.

He used the mathematical principles of linear perspectives in his works. The three elements needed for linear perspective in his works. The three elements needed for linear perspectives are parallel lines, the horizon line, and a vanishing point.

He was able to make it seem as if objects were farther away from the viewer and was able to create the illusion of depth on a flat surface such as a painting or a drawing.

Mathematics in Computer Science

This one is very obvious but it is true too that computer programs, applications, software and different languages without mathematics are impossible to operate and follow. Computer science heavily relies on algorithms, which are derived from mathematics.

‘Theoretical computer science’ strongly involves discrete mathematics, which is the study of mathematical structures that are discrete rather than continuous, and so this ‘theoretical’ branch of computer science involves a lot of mathematics, in the form of graphs, algorithms, computational geometry, quantum computation, algebra and computational number theory.

Mathematics in Economics

Maths is an integral part of economics. Economists use mathematical models to predict everything from demand for a good to the unemployment rate to whether or not an individual will get married.

These models are typically designed as functions, such as demand for a good is a function of the price of the good, the price of substitute goods, and income. Because of the extensive use of functions in economics, linear algebra and calculus are the primary mathematical tools used by economics.

Mathematics, for no doubt, has become an integral part of our day-to-day life as it makes our life easier and advance better than before. Anyone can be a mathematician if that person is given proper training and guidance informative period of one’s life.

Written By – Chavi Goel