higher mathematics

American  

noun

1. the advanced portions of mathematics, customarily considered as embracing all beyond ordinary arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and trigonometry.

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higher mathematics British  

noun

1. (functioning as singular) abstract mathematics, including number theory and topology, that is more advanced than basic arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry

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Example Sentences

There's a very telling line from Rudolph Langer, who's one of the mathematics professors in her department, when he told her there's no place in higher mathematics for any woman, however brilliant.

From Scientific American

Cranking out hundreds of rote calculations per second, computational programming is an invaluable tool for solving problems across diverse disciplines of higher mathematics.

From Scientific American

They are the people who spend much of their free time with family and friends; who make, invent and repair things; who create music, play sports, write novels, heal the sick, understand higher mathematics and science; who come up with new recipes, produce movies and videos, choreograph dance, think philosophically and theologically.

From Washington Post

Activities that most people find very hard, such as playing chess or doing higher mathematics, have yielded fairly readily to computation, yet many tasks that humans find easy or even trivial resist being conquered by machines.

From Scientific American

The Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics, for example, says that under current standards, students “learn grade-level appropriate content with the development of conceptual understanding and critical thinking skills that prepare them for higher mathematics content.”

From Washington Times