the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions
the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness
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