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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoAll science started as an offshoot from Philosophy.
minus-squareqyronlinkfedilink3•2 years agoYes but most people tend to think Economics is an offshoot of Mathematics, due to its connection with it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoWhat connection? It has about as much connection to math as astrology or social science
minus-squareqyronlinkfedilink1•2 years agoSocial Sciences use statistics and probability mathematics. Astrology, to what I know, uses a lot of trignometry. After checking the syllabus for an Economics degree in my country there courses of Calculus, Accounting and Algebra, all mandatory.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoWhatevs. That doesn’t make Economics a branch of mathematics
All science started as an offshoot from Philosophy.
Yes but most people tend to think Economics is an offshoot of Mathematics, due to its connection with it.
What connection? It has about as much connection to math as astrology or social science
Social Sciences use statistics and probability mathematics.
Astrology, to what I know, uses a lot of trignometry.
After checking the syllabus for an Economics degree in my country there courses of Calculus, Accounting and Algebra, all mandatory.
Whatevs. That doesn’t make Economics a branch of mathematics