Mathematics
- Aschbacher block of a finite group
- Block design, a kind of set system in combinatorial mathematics
- Block (permutation group theory)
- Block of a ring, a centrally primitive idempotent or the ideal it generates
- Block in modular representation theory
- In graph theory, a maximally 2-connected subgraph or a bridge with its endvertices
- Blocks are the elements of a block matrix
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“It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
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—Simone Weil (1909–1943)