The term “Mathematics” is derived from two Greek words. ‘Manthanein’ means
‘Learning’ and ‘Techne’ means ‘an art or technique’. Hence, Mathematics means the art
of learning related to disciplines or facilities. The dictionary meaning of Mathematics is
“It is the science of number (or) space” OR The science of measurement, quantity and
magnitude. In Hindi, we call Mathematics as “Ganitha”; which means the science of
calculations. Although the research in mathematics has covered a milestone, a major
drawback has been seen in the literature of mathematics that it could not be defined
properly, so that all mathematical subjects can be combined in short and in a single
sentence. No consensus on the definition of mathematics prevails, even among
professionals. According to Wikipedia, mathematics has no generally accepted definition
and there is not even consensus on whether mathematics is an art or science. Gunter M.
Ziegler mentions that in German Wikipedia the definition is interesting in a different way:
it stresses that there is no definition of mathematics, or at least no commonly accepted
one. Even the famous book by Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins entitled “What is
Mathematics?” (and subtitled “An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods”) does
not give a satisfactory answer. He claims that it is impossible to give a good definition in
a sentence or two. A great many professional mathematicians take no interest in a
definition of mathematics or consider it undefinable. There are some definitions of
mathematics given by different mathematicians.