Draft:Outline of applied mathematics

Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics that concerns itself with the mathematical techniques typically used in the application of mathematical knowledge to other domains.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to applied mathematics:

Nature of applied mathematics

Main article: Applied mathematics

Branches of applied mathematics

• Approximation theory
• Numerical analysis
• Optimization
  • Operations research

• Dynamical systems:
  • Control theory
  • Chaos theory

• Discrete mathematics:
  • Combinatorics
  • Graph theory
  • Game theory
  • Discrete geometry

• • Theoretical computer science
    • Computability theory
    • Complexity theory
    • Information theory
    • Cryptography

• Computational mathematics

• Probability:
  • Probability theory
  • Statistics

• Mathematical biology
• Financial mathematics

History of applied mathematics

Main article: History of applied mathematics

Applied mathematics lists

Main article: List of applied mathematics topics

See also

• Outline of mathematics