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Originally Posted by Ara Pacis
However, I'm not sure if mathematics is meant to be plural, but we tend to use it as singular.
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It is a translation of τά μαθηματικά (Aristotle) things relating to mathematics, so technically a plural. This often happens translating from Greek, for example Athens from Αθηναι, where the city is clearly singular in English, but plural in Greek.