Transcription of A Brief History of Mathematics - Simon Fraser University
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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.
development of mathematics. The notion of infinity 20. th. Century. A few important problems in the ...
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