Tuesday 5 April 2022

EXPLAIN HOW SIGNIFICANT MATHEMATICS IS TO THE OTHER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mathematics is the science of structure, order, number, space and quantity whose relationship revolves around the elementary practice of counting, measuring and describing the shapes of objects.
 
Mathematics has its way of communication that is universally accepted as a medium for expressing, formulating, communicating and perpetuating scientific ideas and theories.
 

Mathematics is the foundation of all sciences, technology and modern development, and for any nation to survive and develop, that nation has to improve its technology which could only be achieved through effective teaching and learning of mathematics.

 

IMPORTANCE OF MATHEMATICS TO SCIENCE

Science is concerned with the acquisition of knowledge and explanation of phenomenon in man’s physical environment while mathematics is the backbone of all sciences Mathematics is a subject that exists in all other subjects either partially or fully.

 

Science subjects depend on Mathematics, because without mathematics science cannot stand on its own because of the calculations involved in science subjects. Science subjects like chemistry, physics, biology, geography, agriculture and so on solemnly depend on mathematics.

 

BIOLOGY

Mathematics concepts such as measurement, graphs, ratio, percentage and probability are applied in biology for example graphs are used to determine the ratio of growth of organisms under different environmental conditions. When rainfall and temperature requirements of a given plant are compared, graph is used to represent the result of the experiment. The calculations of Mendelian laws are a clear example of mathematical application in Biology.

 

Mendelian mathematical representation of some biological phenomena was

registered by the anti mathematical preconceptions of the botanist. Epidemiological problems in medicine can be solved using data analysis.

 

CHEMISTRY

Chemistry is another area where mathematics governs its study. Most of the topics treated in chemistry needs idea of mathematics for better understanding of the topic. In the aspect of chemistry, which involves the balancing of chemical equation, one need to weigh or consider the member of reacting substances and relate them to the number of products with an idea of simple equation from mathematics. Physical chemistry and organic chemistry cannot be tackled without good foundation of calculus and mathematical analysis in practical chemistry. Radioactivity, thermodynamics, calculation of empirical formula, volumetric analysis and so on depends on mathematics ideas for better understanding of the topics.

 

Some of the basic skills in mathematics which are usually used in chemistry include logarithms, ratio variations, percentage, decimals, proportion, graph and many others. Group theory in mathematics Mathematics is used in chemistry to study spectroscopy, crystallography. Theory of algebra and topology is used in the study of large molecules.

 

PHYSICS

Physics is a very important and useful subject for technology and manpower development of every nation. Physics as the subject implies has a great relationship with mathematics because without mathematics physics cannot stand on its own and vice versa. Therefore physics and mathematics are subjects that depended solely on each other.

 

Newton’s law of motion, Archimedes principles, Lenz law, Ohms law and many others are expressed in Mathematical form. The physics teachers make use of mathematics in most of their calculations. The development of mathematical physics is really the handwork of the mathematicians. Most experiment in physics is represented in graphs, which illustrate fully the results of the application of geometry. Most of the geometrical shapes like triangles, squares, circles, rectangles and so on used in mathematics are also used in physics.

 

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Mathematics has been very useful in agricultural developments. There is every incentive to the farmer to increase the quantity, quality and variety of his input. A farmer may try to improve his production by looking for more efficient ways of cultivating the land, seeking means of protecting his crops against pest and diseases. A pottery farmer will want to known the number of birds that a certain portion can freely carry. In solving these and many other problems, the farmer needed mathematical knowledge.

 

The application of fertilizer and other chemical to farm requires the knowledge of measurement and calculations. Agricultural science and Agricultural engineering

depends solely on mathematics. All measurements of land and average investment and preservation of agricultural products is another example of application of mathematics in Agricultural science.

 

GEOGRAPHY

Mathematics permits better formulation of geographical and astronomical information. The invention of navigational table to calculate longitude and latitude during mathematics renaissance period makes people to be interested in Astronomy. Through the knowledge of coordinate geometry scientists were able to travel in space and determine the radius of the earth and know about the eclipse of the moon and sun. Construction is also aspect of survey, architecture and town planning which involves geometry that can better be understood in mathematics

 

IMPORTANCE OF MATHEMATICS TO TECHNOLOGY

Technology is a means or ability by which man seeks to change or manipulates his environment. It is the systematic study of techniques for making and doing things. The history of technology is in a sense of history of man essentially. Techniques and methods of creating new tools, products of tools and the capacity for constructing them all solely depend on mathematics principles.

 

A great deal of mathematics is required in manufacturing industries. Most of the machineries are constructed and build by using a lot of mathematical ideas. Some scientific equipment such as screw gauge, calipers and other measuring instruments are calibrated with numerical figures designed by mathematicians. A great deal of operation research is required if an industry is to function effectively. A lot of mathematical calculations are made in manufacturing companies to enable the companies to maximize their profit. A great knowledge of calculus, analysis, geometry, quantum mechanics and some other areas of mathematical knowledge are required in designing bridges, buildings and other architectural works.

 

COMPUTER

The history of computer was dated back to 1617 when John Napiers (the inventor of logarithms) produced a device known as Napiers Bones which was used in the principle of logarithms.

 

Computational mathematics is an integral part of mathematics which has become a powerful tool in the solution of many sensitive non-linear equations. There are three important observations worthy of emphasis about this relatively new branch of core mathematics. It consists of three basic operations, computation, construction and generalization. Recent mathematics has focused more on concrete problems than on obstructions.

 

Computational methods persuade almost all aspects of science and technology. Mathematics is the foundation of these methods. However, complex problems involving computational solutions range from the design of computer architecture found itself through mathematical modeling of physical, chemical, biological and engineering processes.

 

Therefore, mathematics which is the intellectual basis of computational science has been the key to the dynamic revolution being created by the computer in science and engineering.

 

Computational results produce the insight for the development of mathematical theory, for example, the Matrix theory which was first discovered numerically from concrete examples. The mathematical theory in turn provides deeper understanding of the models revealing the phenomena that enable people to analyses and test previous computational results and conceive of new computations that will facilitate further theory.

 

One can see that all science subjects depend on mathematics. A study of relationship between science and mathematics revealed that all science subjects geography, biology, chemistry, physics require some aspects of mathematics particularly ratio, proportion scale

factors, geometry, trigonometry, statistics, probability and graphs for effective understanding, representation and communication of results and data.

 

Mathematics has its way of communication that is universally accepted as a medium for expressing, formulating, communicating and perpetuating scientific ideas and theories. Mathematics specifies, clarifies and establishes concepts and laws for the science.

 

It is not just a subject, it is a language through which scientist express their ideas, laws and principles.

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