The knowledge economy is determined by how many changes there are to the reason or reasons to life in the country. For instance, the most general reason to life in Singapore is usually : The need for affection of the usual kind. Or even the need for big
condominiums. If these reasons change a little to lets say : The need for comedy instead of affection, then the knowledge economy is said to have improved by 1 threshold.====How this affects mathematics is this; mathematics is often modelled on life itself, so if life improves then mathematics automatically upscales. Nost.