What is mathematics?

Mathematics is an important subject in ancient science in China, with a long history and brilliant achievements. According to its own characteristics, it can be divided into several periods: the pre-Qin germination period and the foundation stone period of Han and Tang Dynasties. When was the theoretical system of classical mathematics established? The peak period of the development of classical mathematics and the period of the integration of Chinese and western mathematics. China's ancient mathematics has a special form and ideological content. It aims at solving practical problems, studying the establishment of algorithms and improving computing technology, which has a strong generalization in theory. At the same time, mathematics education is always branded with philosophy and ancient academic thoughts, so it has distinct sociality and strong humanistic color.