with that characterization.

That is, there is surely Some comparison with 'art', and at higher levels well.. they Are 'higher levels' because you can't get there without learning.. (then unlearning! really) a great deal, in preparation.

Perhaps the same sort of emotional response occurs at the level of The New - after all, 'satisfaction' is purely an emotional experience in that part of the brain - the amygdala, at least as is currently 'thought'.

But too much is unique to math: in particular re the very large ideas of Truth and of Proof. Only in math: can these ideals be accomplished, precisely because - the areas over which this truth and proof apply - are perfectly circumscribed. (We notice that these concepts become muddied with theological and other overlays in Any other 'area', I submit.. thus becoming blab words in most such discussions.)

Maybe it's the most scientific 'art' or the most artful 'science' (?) - take yer pick. That it is a discipline is evident.


My 3.14159 Zlotys


Ashton
IANAM, but I play one when around the innumerate - the arithmetic challenged