Mathematics is a highly applied subject, which is summed up by some laws discovered by human beings in their long-term real life. A very common example is the discovery of pi. People's discovery of pi and how to calculate the area and circumference of a circle are all mathematical knowledge discovered by mathematicians through practice and repeated calculation. There are also the knowledge of calculating length, how to measure the volume of an object and solid geometry, all of which are the laws and operating methods that people have discovered and summarized. Therefore, mathematics should be regarded as a human discovery rather than an invention.
If mathematics is regarded as an invention, it seems not rigorous enough. It is more like a scientific discovery to sum up the laws of mathematical formulas after a long period of induction. Man has invented many things and discovered many scientific phenomena. As for what is an invention and what is a discovery, people may have different understandings. As a scientific creation, invention is generally to create something that is not available, or to create one thing into another. As a kind of scientific knowledge with strong regularity, mathematics should be regarded as people's discovery and application of science.
No matter how you look at mathematics, the importance of mathematics is beyond doubt. We should learn mathematics well and attach importance to the basic role of mathematics in scientific development, which will provide strong support for our scientific development. Now science shows the importance of mathematics more and more, especially the development of information technology, which can not be separated from mathematical knowledge.