Is mathematics true? If so, in what way? If not, why?

This would seem to be a false dichotomy expressing two extreme positions.

Is mathematics useful. Palpably so.

Does it give consistent results when applied to the material world yes.

Is it consistent and complete. See Godel and Turing and Chaittin and others.

True means nothing in these contexts.

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When you look at the universe your mind is creating a fiction anyway. We do not see the empty space that matter consists of. Reality/ truth has many levels .

Do you mean does mathematics come from a higher source and have a reality independent of our existence?

Yes, mathematics has significant real-world implications. While it often looks like you're messing around with symbols, those symbols really do mean something. Let's look at some examples:

1- Suppose an object falls in a gravitational field. The mathematics of such a field is well known. Now calculus tells me that by integrating that formula a few times, I can get a formula that can give me the position of that object at a given time. Experimental evidence confirms that this formula is indeed accurate.

2- If you solve the Schrodinger equation in quantum mechanics, you can make predictions that are again confirmed by experimental evidence.

3- Equations in optics are able to predict interference patterns, again confirmed by experiment.

So yes, mathematics describes real things, and can be used to make accurate predictions about the real world.

Friday: I'll have to digest this when I have more time. For now:

Pi r not square; pi r round!

Saturday; I have more time.

What about:

1.Lies

2.Damn lies

3. Statistics

(statistics are/is maths, isn't/aren't it/they?)

And we all know that 90% of statistics are made up on the spot.

I'm avoiding your question. I can't speak as a mathematician, just as a human integer, but I think mathematics is/are true, and it reflects the truth of the physical universe.

Do I get the mathematical equivalent of 10^1 points?

Keep in mind the the math we use to describe our world is just a model to represent the OUTCOME, not the reality. For example, although we may derive a complicated equation to describe the motion of a rocket, God/Mother Nature/Universe does not have to do any calculations...it just happens. So in this sense, the math is not "true".

You ask 'is it true?' in Aristotelian sense of arguing. Therefore yes it is true, because logic behind it speaks for itself.

But there are unavoidable inconsistencies in any formal system according to incompleteness theorem. In that sense, we have strong evidence to say that mathematics is totally a fabrication, not an absolute truth.

I personally, don't believe in mathematics as an absolute truth

True or false:

Suppose you have 1 apple in your right hand and 1 apple in your left hand this means that you have 2 apples.

True

1+1=2

Where do you get mathematics possibly being false? Incorrect answers are a possibility but math cannot be false.

Math describes everything. If you take at least one semester of physics, you'll see this.

Physics is basically all math. In experimentation, the equations we have theorized have explained everything to a degree of accuracy that is virtually perfect.

The only way math cannot be real, is if everything we perceive is not real. But if that's the case, I must be imagining everything, because if more than one person can perceive...it must be real. So if you can perceive this message, and you truly exists, then math truly exists.