From the materialist point of view, mathematical laws are universal and are not affected by the existence of human beings; On the other hand, from the perspective of idealism, mathematics itself is the product of human thinking, and the existence of mathematical system can not be separated from human thinking, that is to say, mathematics was discovered by human beings.

Many laws in the world can be described by mathematics. Since human knotting, digital symbols have been produced, and the application of numbers has promoted human beings to operate with numbers, including simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. No matter which civilization will go through this process, other civilizations may use other symbols, but the principle is universally applicable. With the application and development of mathematics, mathematics has played a great role in solving many practical problems. In addition, because of the active thinking of human beings, mathematics has gradually developed.

However, according to the current mathematical theoretical framework, there are still many phenomena in the universe that cannot be explained, and there are also many problems in the mathematical system itself. Many problems have not been proved or falsified at present. It remains to be seen whether this mathematical tool created by human beings can solve a series of problems and whether there are other systems.

I prefer to look at mathematics from the perspective of combining materialism with idealism. Mathematics itself is a tool used by human beings to describe the current universal laws of human beings. But mathematics itself cannot be separated from human thinking, and the existence of human thinking is the basis for the existence and development of human mathematics system at present. Therefore, the mathematical system was invented by human beings, but it was discovered by human beings.