純じゅん正せい数すう学がく

noun

pure mathematics

Academic term for mathematics studied for its own sake, as opposed to applied mathematics (応用数学).

• 彼かれは純じゅん正せい数すう学がくの研けん究きゅうに一いっ生しょうを捧ささげた。

  He devoted his life to research in pure mathematics.