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A Brief History of Mathematics - Simon Fraser University

A Brief History of MathematicsA Brief History of MathematicsWhat is Mathematics ? What do mathematicians do?A Brief History of MathematicsWhat is Mathematics ? What do mathematicians do? ~ Brief History of Mathematics Egypt; Positional number system, base 10 Addition, multiplication, division. Fractions. Complicated formalism; limited algebra . Only perfect squares (no irrational numbers). Area of circle; (8D/9) = Volume of pyramid. A Brief History of Mathematics Babylon; 1700 Positional number system (base 60; sexagesimal) Addition, multiplication, division. Fractions. Solved systems of equations with many unknowns No negative numbers. No geometry. Squares, cubes, square roots, cube roots Solve quadratic equations (but no quadratic formula) Uses: Building, planning, selling, astronomy (later)A Brief History of Mathematics Greece; Papyrus created!

Geometry, algebra, theory of numbers (prime and composite numbers, irrationals), method of exhaustion (calculus!), Euclid’s Algorithm for finding greatest common divisor, proof

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