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- used small bamboo rods arranged to represent numbers 1 to 9 which were placed in columns representing units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.
- decimal place value system
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Ancient Chinese Number System
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the Ancient Chinese Number System dates back to at least the
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2nd millennium BCE
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- similar to the counting board
- used beads sliding on wire
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Abacus
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first Chinese abacus
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suanpan
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first Chinese abacus dates back to about
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2nd century BCE
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one of the first known examples of a magic square
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Lo Shu Square
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Same sum in magic squares is called
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magic constant
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magic constant of the Lo Shu Square
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15
9
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Lo Shu Square dates back to
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650 BCE
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legend of Emperor Yu’s discovery of the square on the back of a turtle is set as taking place in about
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2800 BCE
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bigger magic squares culminated in the elaborate magic squares, circles, and triangles of who
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Yang Hui (13th century)
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Yang Hui’s triangle is identical to the later
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Pascal’s triangle
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- written over a period of time probably by a variety of authors
- became an important tool in the education of civil service
- covered hundreds of problems in practical areas such as trade, taxation, engineering, and payment of wages
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Jiuzhang Suanshu or Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
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example of equation on the Nine Chapters on the mathematical art
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deduction of an unknown number from other known information
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Who re-discover the sophisticated matrix-based method found in the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
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- First mathematician known to leave roots unevaluated giving more exact results
- Formulated an algorithm using a regular polygon with 192 sides which calculated the value of π as 3.14159
- Developed early forms of integral and differential calculus
- Among the greatest mathematicians in Ancient China
- produced a detailed commentary on the “Nine Chapters”
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Liu Hui
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What did Liu Hui formulate
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algorithm using a regular polygon with 192 sides which calculated the value of π as 3.14159
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What did Liu Hui develop
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integral and differential calculus’ early forms
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To calculate the smallest value of the unknown number, it uses the remainders after dividing the unknown number by a succession of smaller numbers, such as 3, 5 and 7
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Chinese Remainder Theorem
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who initially posed the Chinese Remainder Theorem
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Sun Tzu (3rd century CE)
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Technique for solving problems in the Chinese Remainder Theorem is used in
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- measure planetary movements (Chinese astronomers in 6th century CE)
- internet cryptography (today)
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When is the golden age of chinese mathematics
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13th century CE
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- explored solutions to quadratic and even cubic equations using method of repeated approximations
- extended his technique to solve equations involving numbers up to the power of ten
- wrote “Shushu Jiuzhang” or “Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections”
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Qin Jiushao
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Qin Jiushao’s method of repeated approximations is very similar to the later devised by
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Sir Isaac Newton (17th century)
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Important study that Qin Jiushao wrote
"Shushu Jiuzhang" or "Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections"
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- invented by mathematics in India
- created between the 1st century to 4th centuries and later adopted in Arabic mathematics by the 9th century
Hindu-Arabic numeral system
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before 1000 BCE in India
Vedic period
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what was created in Vedic Period
arithmetic operations
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text that lists several simple Pythagorean triples, as well as a statement of the simplified Pythagorean theorem for the sides of a square and for a rectangle
Sulba Sutras (or “Sulva Sutras”)
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Sulba Sutras (or “Sulva Sutras”) when
8th century BCE
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- early as the 3rd or 2nd century BCE
- recognized five different types of infinities: infinite in one direction, in two directions, in area, infinite everywhere, and perpetually infinite
Jain Mathematics
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- 3rd century CE
- Indians refined and perfected the system, particularly the written representation of the numerals that is used across the world today
- sometimes considered one of the greatest intellectual innovations of all time
Decimal Place Value Number System
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What was the first character used for the number zero
circle
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Include zero as a number was credited to who
- Brahmagupta or possibly
- Bhaskara I
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Golden Age of Indian Mathematics
- 5th - 12th century
- created fundamental advances in the theory of trigonometry
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- produced categorical definitions of sine, cosine, versine, and inverse sine, and specified complete sine and versine tables
- wrote the Aryabhatiya which summarizes Hindu mathematics up to the 6th Century
Aryabhata
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summarizes Hindu mathematics up to the 6th century
Aryabhatiya
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- also called Bhaskaracharya
- Indian mathematician and astronomer who extended Brahmagupta's work on number systems
- made important contributions to many different areas of mathematics
Bhaskara II
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Bhaskara II is credited with
explaining previously misunderstood operation of division by zero
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- great 7th Century Indian mathematician and astronomer
- wrote some important works on both mathematics and astronomy
Brahmagupta
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Brahmagupta is a great __ century Indian mathematician and astronomer
7th
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Brahmagupta wrote some important works on both what
mathematics and astronomy
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Most of Brahmagupta's works are composed in __ __, a common practice in Indian mathematics at the time
elliptic verse
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What is Brahmagupta's most famous text
Brahmasphutasiddhanta
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Brahmagupta explained how to find what
cube and cube root of integer
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Brahmagupta gave rules facilitating the computation of what
squares and square roots
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Brahmagupta gave rules for dealing with what
five types of combinations of fractions
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Brahmagupta gave the sum of what
squares and cubes of the first natural numbers
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Brahmagupta established the basic mathematical rules for __ _ __
dealing with zero
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Brahmagupta's different view of numbers allowed him to realize what
there could be such a thing as a negative number
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Brahmagupta established __ as a good practical approximation of π (3.141593)
√10 (3.162277)
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Brahmagupta area of a cyclic quadrilateral
Brahmagupta’s formula
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Brahmagupta’s celebrated theorem on the diagonals of a cyclic quadrilateral
Brahmagupta's Theorem
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- sometimes called the greatest mathematician astronomer of medieval India - source for several infinite series expansions
- happy to play around with infinity, particularly the infinite series when most previous cultures are rather nervous about the concept of infinity
Madhava
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Madhava is sometimes called as
greatest mathematician astronomer of medieval India
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Madhava is a source for several
infinite series expansions
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What did Madhava by successively adding and substracting different odd number fractions to infinity
could home in on an exact formula for π
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- Made significant contributions towards mathematics during the 8th Century onwards
- Were able to draw on and fuse together the mathematical Development of both Greek and Indian
Islamic Mathematics
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Islamic mathematics made significant contributions toward what century
8th century onwards
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Islamic mathematics were able to draw on and fuse together the development of both what
Greek and Indian mathematics
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Islamic mathematics made use of __ __ __ to decorate their buildings, raising mathematics to the form of an art
complex geometric patterns
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What was set up in Baghdad around 810
House of Wisdom
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Where was the House of Wisdom set up
Baghdad
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When was the House of Wisdom in Baghdad set up
around 810
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Why did Islamic mathematics stagnate
stifling influence of Turkish Ottoman Empire from 14th - 15th century onwards
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- One of the directors of the house of wisdom in the early 9th century
- Oversaw the translation of the major Greek and Indian mathematical and astronomy works into Arabic
- word “algorithm” is derived from the Latinization of his name, and the word "algebra" is derived from the Latinization of "al-jabr"
- Most important contribution to mathematics was his strong advocacy of the Hindu numerical system
Muhammad al-Khwarizmi
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Where is the word algorithm derived from
Latinization of Muhammad al-Khwarizmi
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Where is the word algebra derived from
Latinization of "al-jabr"
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What is Muhammad al-Khwarizmi most important contribution to mathematics
strong advocacy of the Hindu numerical system
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- considered the foundational text of modern algebra
- Muhammad al-Khwarizmi's book
The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing
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- alternative to long multiplication for numbers
- later introduced to Europe by Fibonacci
lattice method
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Muhammad al-Khwarizmi developed the first what
first quadrant
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- introduced the theory of algebraic calculus
- used mathematical induction to prove the binomial theorem
- a 10th Century Persian mathematician
- worked to extend algebra still further
Muhammad Al-Karaji
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- Generalized Indian methods for extracting square and cube roots to include fourth, fifth and higher roots in the early 12th Century
- carried out a systematic analysis of cubic problems
- Usually credited with identifying the foundations of algebraic geometry
Omar Khayyam
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Omar Khayyam generalized Indian methods for extracting what
square and cube roots to include 4th, 5th and higher roots
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Omar Khayyam carried out a systematic analysis of what
cubic problems
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Omar Khayyam is usually credited with identifying what
foundations of algebraic geometry
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- first to treat trigonometry as a separate mathematical discipline, distinct from astronomy
- gave the first extensive exposition of spherical trigonometry
- one of major contributions were the formulation of the famous law of sines for plane triangles
Nasir Al- Din Al-Tusi
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Nasir Al- Din Al-Tusi gave the first extensive exposition of what
spherical trigonometry
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What is Nasir Al- Din Al-Tusi one major contribution
formulation of famous law of sines for plane triangles
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pioneer in the field of trigonometry
Nasir Al- Din Al-Tusi
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developed a general formula by which amicable numbers could be derived
9th Century
Arab Thabit ibn Qurra
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wrote the earliest surviving texts showing the positional use of Arabic numerals, and particularly the use of decimals instead of fractions
10th Century Arab
Abul Hasan al-Uqlidisi
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continued Archimedes' investigations of areas and volumes, as well as on tangents of a circle
10th Century Arab geometer
Ibrahim ibn Sinan
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established the beginnings of the link between algebra and geometry, and devised what is now known as "Alhazen's problem"
11th Century Persian
Ibn al-Haytham
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Ibn al-Haytham devised what is now known as
Alhazen's problem
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- applied the theory of conic sections to solve optical problems
- pursued work in number theory such as on amicable numbers, factorization and combinatorial methods
13th Century Persian
Kamal al-Din al-Farisi
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- works included topics such as computing square roots and the theory of continued fractions
- discovery of the first new pair of amicable numbers since ancient times
- first use of algebraic notation since Brahmagupta
13th Century Moroccan
Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi
Mathematics in the Modern World
flashcards
Decks in class (13)
# Cards
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Module 1. History of Mathematics83
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Group 170
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Group 261
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Group 388
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Group 40
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Group 50
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Module 2. The Beauty of Codes70
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Module 3. Mathematical Transformations28
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Module 4. Mathematical Patterns58
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Module 5. Mathematical Logic97
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Module 6. Latitude, Longitude, and Time Zones31
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Module 7. Mathematics of Buying and Selling92
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Module 8. Strategies in Problem Solving38
