in mathematics vs competent

Some examples from the web:

• In recent decades Europe has faced a growing demand for qualified human resources in mathematics, science and technology.
• Well... I haven't decided for sure, but probably a double major in mathematics and premed.
• I know, we use it daily in mathematics, but due to that it is now only a mathematical concept.
• There has been, for decades, especially in Mathematics a return of Geometry.
• Learning methods should better exploit children's natural curiosity in mathematics and science from an early age.
• Tony Blair should truly be nominated for the Nobel Prize in mathematics for his theorem, which states that the decelerated increase of a sum is equal to the reduction of the sum - brilliant!
• Also, I got the highest scores in mathematics and English this mid-season term.
• At school, I was top of the class in mathematics, and I did a night school course in accountancy at Worcester College.
• The schools also provide a broad and balanced education in mathematics, science, religion (or ethics), art, music, and physical education.
• So they got the big [Fields] medal in mathematics, one of the three medals that people have received for proving things which I've seen without being able to prove them.
• When we asked students what counts for success in mathematics, students in North America would typically tell us, you know, it's all about talent.
• In Taylor and in mathematics you were always at the bottom of the class.
• This is Lydia. Lydia is the first ever woman to graduate in mathematics in the Central African Republic. And she's now at AIMS.
• And I decided that if I was good in art, and I was good in mathematics, I'd study architecture, which was the blending of the two.
• But then the computer came, and I decided to apply the computer, not to new problems in mathematics - like this wiggle wiggle, that's a new problem - but to old problems.
• This is Lydia. Lydia is the first ever woman to graduate in mathematics in the Central African Republic.
• and I decided to apply the computer, not to new problems in mathematics - like this wiggle wiggle, that's a new problem - but to old problems.
• In mathematics, a straight line is defined by two points.
• In mathematics, set theory, astrophysics, cosmology
• GRADUATES IN MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MST)

Some examples from the web:

• His reign is regarded as competent but unspectacular.
• The reports of competent services dictate my decisions.
• Neither of them were competent to waive legal representation.
• Not even the competent parliamentary committee was duly informed.
• The law requires you be represented by competent lawyers.
• They range from barely competent to deeply dangerous.
• Misi Education diploma three Mechanical Engineering competent in manufacturing.
• The competent Italian Authority is the Privacy Guarantor.
• Cesare and Maria are extremely competent farmers and great hosts...
• The witnesses were competent, and their testimony is trustworthy.
• The competent authorities are required to cooperate.
• The competent authorities should undertake to supervise those pharmacovigilance systems.
• The competent authorities may reject such delegation within one month.
• Clarifications that the competent authorities shall monitor this regulation.
• For ES, the competent authorities may grant waivers.
• Those designated competent authorities should be independent from payment service providers.
• Those obligations shall apply to all competent authorities.
• The competent body may charge an inspection fee.
• All IMI coordinators may act as competent authorities.
• The competent authorities may require other photographs.