Definition of higher mathematics in US English:
higher mathematics
plural nounˈhī(ə)r maTH(ə)ˈmadiks
usually treated as singular Advanced mathematics, such as number theory and topology.
Example sentencesExamples
- In higher mathematics, some of the deepest surprises come about from unexpected connections between apparently quite different parts of the subject.
- In November 1877, Cremona was appointed to the chair of higher mathematics at the University of Rome.
- Napier did not acquire his knowledge of higher mathematics at St Andrews nor did he acquire his deep knowledge of classical literature there.
- During the period 1892-1908 the University of Chicago was unsurpassed in America as an institution for the study of higher mathematics.
- Without zero of course algebra, let alone modern higher mathematics was impossible.