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pure mathematics
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pure mathematics [′pyu̇r ‚math·ə′mad·iks]
(mathematics)
The intrinsic study of mathematical structures, with no consideration given as to the utility of the results for practical purposes.


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Before that, if you told someone you were interested in 24-dimensional sphere packing, unless they were a pure mathematician, they looked at you as if you were crazy," he says.
I am quite certain that the psychology of pure mathematicians is different from that of scientists--that this idea of proof is central and will not be altered," he says.
 
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