数学作为文化现象,取决于三个特性。首先,数学具有文化的本质属性,是人类实践活动中创造的精神财富与物质财富;其次,数学存在于符号行为的文化传统之中,由外部进入个人意识,假如脱离文化传统,就失去了存在意义;最后,数学文化形成和塑造了人们的生活并以各种不同方式作用于人,为生活规定内容和指引方向。 Mathematics as a cultural phenomenon depends on three characteristics. First of all, mathematics possesses the essential attribute of culture, which is the spiritual wealth and material wealth created in the practice of human beings. Secondly, mathematics exists in the cultural tradition of symbolic behavior, enters the personal consciousness from the outside, and loses its existence if it departs from the cultural tradition Meaning; finally, mathematical culture has shaped and shaped people’s lives and played a role in people in different ways, providing content and guiding directions for life.