The Meaning of Mathematics

When we talk about mathematics, what should we know about it? Is Mathematics about “monster” as many people (who don’t like it) say? Or about mystery for the one who like it?
Many question come from our mind to know and to understand about mathematics. But the answer can be found by reflecting what the really mean of mathematics is. Actually we will not be able to live without mathematics. Everything around us are depend on mathematics.
Mathematics is very useful both in our daily life and in the developing other sciences. Mathematics is science of truth and the body of science. Physics needs mathematics to solve the problem. Chemistry, Biology and other sciences is supported by the useful mathematics.
We can see the mathematics as a science. As a science, Mathematics has objects. The object of mathematics is the material object and formal object. Mathematics material objects are in our minds. We can only imagine the object of mathematics in our minds, because the object of mathematics is abstract, different with the other sciences which is usually the material object is the concrete object as in our daily life.
During this time people think that the material object of mathematics is a numeral. Actually it does not matter if they think like that. However, it needs to straighten the true meaning of mathematics. The numeral is only a symbol to represent a number. Until this time, something what called "seven", we always represents with 7. So in fact we speak about the value of the number of seven, not the numeral of seven. Once again, the symbol is only one way to show us that we think about number seven. We can give another symbol for the number seven.
Actually there are many different symbols to indicate a number. There are Roman numerals, Babylonia numerals, and so forth. Even the numerals have emerged in the very long time. So, essentially if we talk about mathematics, we talk about the values and the characteristics of the objects of mathematics.
The formal object Mathematics is a way of approach to the mathematics material objects. Here, there are many ways of approach in mathematics. As was mentioned above that the Mathematics looks at the characteristics and the value of the object.
Mathematics looks at its object deductively, it means that Mathematics look it in general. For example if we are talking about set, then the attributes attached to the set that must also be attached to the element of the set, otherwise it is not element of the set.
That's a little story about Mathematics, hopefully we can add insight to what is called Mathematics.