Abstract
Mathematics is the abstract science of number, quantity, and space, either as abstract concepts (pure
mathematics), or as applied to other disciplines such as physics and engineering (applied mathematics). Computing,
finance, business, etc., should be included in this definition, in fact I think sciences and commercial should be the key
definition. So in my definition I would say mathematics as an easy theoretical or conceptual science of digits, quantity,
and space, either as abstract (pure mathematics), or as applied (applied mathematics) to other disciplines such as
physics, engineering, computing, geography, etc., (sciences) and business administration, auditing, finance,
(commercial). Mathematics may be defined as “the study of relationships among quantities, magnitudes and properties,
and also of the logical operations by which unknown quantities, magnitudes, and properties may be deduced”
(Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia), Historically, it was regarded as the science of quantity, whether of magnitudes (as in
geometry) or of numbers (as in arithmetic) or of the generalization of these two fields (as in algebra). Some have seen it
in terms as simple as a search for patterns (algorithm). We would consider mathematics its significance, benefits and
deficiencies in computing sciences and engineering in Nigeria.
