It’s long been debated whether mathematical truths are “discovered” or “invented”. The answer becomes clearer when you dig into what math actually is. In my opinion, math is a language for describing patterns, relationships and rules. It’s just like any language except (1) it’s far more precise than normal language, and (2) unlike human languages, its domain is limited to only describing patterns and relationships and rules. In English, you can talk about birds AND equations related to bird ...