Bible/Religious Education in America

Ever seen anyone use the scientific method in Mathematics ?I totally understand Modulus on this. Although mathematics is referred to as science, it is somehow very different from the rest of science and I would preferably never refer to it as science.For example, you can never prove anything in science, but Mathematics is all about makings proofs.

With all due respect, I'm studying mathematics in university, and It is all about starting with axioms and proving theorems, there is not scientific method involved in this.It assigned as science, but in the sense modulous was trying to convey, it was not to be included in my opinion.Edited by slevesque, : No reason given.

Ok, say I'm an ancient greek and want to develop a new field of mathematics: irrational numbers. How would I apply the scientific method to 'start off' this new field ?How can I ever observe the square root of 2 in nature ?How about imaginary numbers, such as i ?Or how do I 'observe' the periodicity of a number ?or that 0,9999 ... = 1 ?or that A x B = B x A ?Edited by slevesque, : No reason given.

A proven mathematical theorem will not always be represented in reality. Does it mean it is not proven ? Of course not.The proof of a theorem is done outside the realm of the scientific method.

How interesting, and how would you measure the diagonal of a square ?Any sort of measuring you would do would result in a finite number, and this would never be but an approximation of the actual number, however precise you would be. Therefore, this in no way would be an observation of the square root of two.

Yeah, I just saw Hipassus' proof in my math class about a week ago. (although I didn't know it had a name)