Delta-K,  Feature Articles,  Volume 19, Issue 3

The Four What’s of Mathematics

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 19 Issue 3, March 1980

11 – 12

The Four What’s of Mathematics

V. P. Madan

1. What is mathematics?
2. What do mathematicians do?
3. What kind of individuals become mathematicians?
4. What is the nature of mathematics?