From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:CAD:teklabs!tekmdp!azure!markp Newsgroups: net.math Title: A "definition" of mathematics Article-I.D.: azure.819 Posted: Tue May 11 14:47:21 1982 Received: Wed May 12 04:24:39 1982 I can't resist throwing this out for discussion-- "Mathematics" : The search for (and study of) structure, undertaken for the sake of structure, and performed in a structured fashion. Mark R. Paulin