The study of mathematics as a "demonstrative discipline" begins in the 6th century BC with the Pythagoreans, who coined the term "mathematics" from the ancient Greek μάθημα (mathema), meaning "subject of instruction".
O estudo da matemáticas como disciplina demostrativa empeza no século VI a.C. cos pitagóricos, quen cuñaron o vocábulo "matemáticas" do grego antigo μάθημα (mathema), que significa "asunto de instrución".