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the branch of mathematics that deals with the mathematical aspects of problems from science and engineering: applied analysis, numerical mathematics, applied statistics etc. (For applications of mathematics in general, cf. also the [applications] tag.)
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How does one justify funding for mathematics research?
I will suggest a "proof by contradiction" here.
First, let us make a very quick (and poor) statistical analysis on the amount spent on Mathematics research. Let us say that the research agencies spen …