Yes. Because science is concerned epistomologically with that which is objectively true. Given certain axioms, certain statements can be shown to be objectively true, or "true" given those axioms. Math is "out there", meaning it can be discovered as objective truth by anyone regardless of cultural context. Does it always correspond to the natural world? Likely not. But it is still "true" in the sense of a coherent system of axioms.
it's not so much a science in of itself as it is a toolkit that science MUST use in order to define itself.
when math is used and the results are verified as truth in science, physics, or observation of natural events, we can say that the toolkit is valid under scientific scrutiny.
basically math by itself doesn't really prove anything, but the application of math validates both the math AND the science it is applied to
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basically math by itself doesn't really prove anything, but the application of math validates both the math AND the science it is applied to