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2007 Summer Semester "the World of Mathematics" Mathematics has the history of more than 2,000 years. It is the field still studied actively today, and developments are made rapidly in. Profound nature of numbers and figures, structures of functions and spaces are discovered one after another, and now, Fermat's last theorem, which had been the mystery of 350 years, or Poincare conjecture left pending for 100 years are solved. Recent proceedings of mathematics is quite spectacular. Also, since it allows free thinking and has a wide versatility, mathematics is applied to fundamental science, engineering, economics, sociology, and other disciplines as the common language of science. Sometimes, mathematics has the power to change all over the sociey, as it did when the principle of computer was discovered. Mathematics cannot be divided artificially. However, we are accustomed to, for the sake of convenience, separate it into four fields; algebra, geometry, analysis and applied mathematics. Plus, mathematical science includes mathematics for practical applications to analyze natural and social phenomena In this lecture series, themes characteristic to each fields are discussed by the experts working internationally. They navigate you for your further studies, by focusing mathematics from a wide perspective. Mathematics students learn in the first and second grade would be the basis of further studies. These lectures are expected to provide you with an outlook for the future.

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