Mathematics of Life
Mathematics can, broadly speaking, be subdivided into the study of quantity, structure, space, and change (i.e. arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and analysis). The mathematician Benjamin Peirce called mathematics "the science that draws necessary conclusions". But it has been always criticized that it does not contribute to human life. Only elementary mathematics is useful in day-to-day life. Art teaches the essence of life while, while science explores the truth of life, but what mathematics do?
Mathematics has lots of concept which can be related to life. One such example is simplex method. Simplex method in simple words ‘there will be three or more constraints out of which need to maximize profit or minimize losses. For a person life also has three major constraints Family, Profession, and Friends. All the three are important for person to lead a happy and peaceful life. You need to maximize your happiness with all these constraints. Person also has constraint of money to distribute among various things, which are constraints. You cannot allocate money for all and need to distribute among those so that your loss is minimized or profit is maximized.
The concept of a "limit" is used to describe the value that a function or sequence "approaches" as the input or index approaches some value. Here input is what you put an effort and function is the goal. The amount of effort is directly proportional to achievement of your goal.
Differential calculus is the study of the definition, properties, and applications of the derivative of a function. The process of finding the derivative is called differentiation. By finding the derivative of a function at every point in its domain, it is possible to produce a new function, called the derivative function or just the derivative of the original function. If you consider success/failure is a function and derivative is cause of success/failure. While analyzing success or failure, there is always small derivative causes this. That is why people say small-small things matters a lot in life.
Geometry is a part of mathematics concerned with questions of size, shape, relative position of figures, and the properties of space. These concepts come in life for various applications like driving a vehicle, playing games, lifting the object, interior decorations, reading maps etc.
Sets are one of the most fundamental concepts in mathematics. All collections of the familiar types of numbers are sets. If you want to have good friends in life you need find persons who have similar types of interest and should have same wavelength of thinking. This is what actually explained in one of the Panchatantra i.e. Mitrabheda.
Mathematics is always definitive and consistent. The problem is solved by intelligent person or average person or ordinary person, result is same. Like Mathematics, person should be definitive while making decisions. In-decisive mind makes you fall in trouble. Person should be consistent towards other human being irrespective of their status, caste, intelligence, culture, or age.
“I used to love mathematics for its own sake, and I still do, because it allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness....” by anonymous. These words are said by anonymous, but the sentence is embossed in my heart.
