Are the computer dependent mathematics mathematics in the real sense?

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Matters such as Big Data Analysis are computer dependent. Are such things mathematics in the real sense?

Dear Prof. Baruah, I'm a "pure" mathematician but I think that computers can give a good effort not only for numerical computation but for theoretical purposes (see e.g. all researches on mathematical theory of chaos derived from numerical simulations). Therefore on my opinion computer dependent mathematics (or mathematicians) is (are) real mathematics (mathematicians). Gianluca

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