Abstraction (mathematics)

Abstraction in mathematics is a way of making things simpler by leaving out details that aren't important. For example, if you imagine a group of fish swimming in a pond, you don't need to know the exact shapes, sizes and colors of the fish to know that they are swimming. So, in mathematics, a “fish” is known as an “abstract” object. It's like a basic shape that can represent a lot of different types of fish. We can look at the pond and say that any kind of fish can be found there, even though we don’t know what type of fish it is. Abstraction helps us to focus on the important parts of a problem without getting caught up in all the details.