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*[[Structure]]: how things are [[organisation|organized]]. This subfield is usually called [[algebra]].
*[[Structure]]: how things are [[organisation|organized]]. This subfield is usually called [[algebra]].
* Place: where things are and their arrangement. This subfield is usually called [[geometry]].
* Place: where things are and their arrangement. This subfield is usually called [[geometry]].
* Change: how things become different. This subfield is usually called [[Mathematical analysis|analysis]].
* Change: how things become different. This subfield is usually called [[Mathematical analysis|analysis]].  


Mathematics is useful for solving [[problem]]s that occur in the real world, so many people besides [[mathematician]]s study and use mathematics. Today, some mathematics is needed in many jobs. People working in [[business]], [[science]], [[engineering]], and [[construction]] need some knowledge of mathematics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siam.org/Students-Education/Programs-Initiatives/Thinking-of-a-Career-in-Applied-Mathematics|title=Thinking of a Career in Applied Mathematics? {{!}} SIAM|website=www.siam.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wigner|first=Eugene|date=February 1960|title=The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences|url=https://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/MathDrama/reading/Wigner.html|journal=Communications in Pure and Applied Mathematics|volume=13|pages=1–14|via=}}</ref>
Mathematics is useful for solving [[problem]]s that occur in the real world, so many people besides [[mathematician]]s study and use mathematics. Today, some mathematics is needed in many jobs. People working in [[business]], [[science]], [[engineering]], and [[construction]] need some knowledge of mathematics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siam.org/Students-Education/Programs-Initiatives/Thinking-of-a-Career-in-Applied-Mathematics|title=Thinking of a Career in Applied Mathematics? {{!}} SIAM|website=www.siam.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wigner|first=Eugene|date=February 1960|title=The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences|url=https://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/MathDrama/reading/Wigner.html|journal=Communications in Pure and Applied Mathematics|volume=13|pages=1–14|via=}}</ref>
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