the angles. In the First paragraph I would like to explain the main history of trigonometry and also go into detail about the certain aspects of the mathematic branch. In the Second paragraph I will explain details on 4 of the great trigonometry mathematicians who discovered information about trigonometry‚ as well as improved existing theories as well. In the Third paragraph I would like to explain how these theories and techniques are applied today by various corporate companies. The improvement of
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Assignment#2 June 18‚ 2013 History of MathEMATICS Time Line 30‚000 B.C. -- 2001 B.C. circa 30‚000 B.C.: Paleolithic peoples in Europe etch markings on bones to represent numbers. circa 5‚000 B.C.: The Egyptians use a decimal number system‚ a precursor to modern number systems which are also based on the number 10. The Ancient Egyptians also made use of a multiplication system that relied on successive doublings and additions in order to find the products of relatively large numbers. For
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It is one of the most romantic stories in the history of mathematics: in 1913‚ the English mathematician G. H. Hardy received a strange letter from an unknown clerk in Madras‚ India. The ten-page letter contained about 120 statements of theorems on infinite series‚ improper integrals‚ continued fractions‚ and number theory (Here is a .dvi file with a sample of these results). Every prominent mathematician gets letters from cranks‚ and at first glance Hardy no doubt put this letter in that class.
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encouraged‚ but a woman of a higher class who possesses a great intellectual mind and has a potential for pursuing mathematics are acknowledged and highly encouraged. Furthermore‚ up until now‚ the only known mathematicians are mostly men and there have been only a few female mathematicians that are known to us but hardly mentioned – or not at all. Maria Gaetana Agnesi was a known genius‚ yet only a few people know
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The ancient philosophers and mathematicians from such early civilizations in Egypt‚ Greece‚ Babylon‚ and India did. Their efforts have provided the basic fundamentals for mathematics that are used today. Prime Numbers A prime number is “any integer other than a 0 or + 1 that is not divisible without a remainder by any other integers except + 1 and + the integer itself (Merriam-Webster‚ 1996). These numbers were first studied in-depth by ancient Greek mathematicians who looked to numbers for their
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Archimedes Background/Upbringing Archimedes was one of the most known and respected mathematicians of ancient Greece. He was born between the years of 290 and 280 BCE in Syracuse‚ Sicily which is currently known as Italy. His death took place in Syracuse‚ Sicily between the years of 212 and 211 BCE. In autumn of 212 or the spring of 211 Syracuse was taken over by Roman General Marcus Claudius Marcellus (Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n.d). It was during the cities take over that Archimedes was killed
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mangled body to a place. Archimides (287-212 B.C.) Died: BC 212 Cause of Death: Assassination‚ Murder Archimedes is universally acknowledged to be the greatest of ancient mathematicians. He studied at Euclid’s school (probably after Euclid’s death)‚ but his work far surpassed the works of Euclid. His achievements are particularly impressive given the lack of good mathematical notation in his day. His proofs are noted not only
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Joseph-Louis Lagrange is usually considered to be a French mathematician‚ but the Italian Encyclopaedia [40] refers to him as an Italian mathematician. They certainly have some justification in this claim since Lagrange was born in Turin and baptised in the name of Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia. Lagrange’s father was Giuseppe Francesco Lodovico Lagrangia who was Treasurer of the Office of Public Works and Fortifications in Turin‚ while his mother Teresa Grosso was the only daughter of a medical doctor
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B.C. a Greek mathematician named Archimedes found that Pi was between 3 10/70 and 3 10/71. Ptolemy was the next researcher. In 150 AD‚ he calculated pi to 3.1416. In 480‚ Zu Chongzhi calculated pi to seven decimal places. In 1665‚ Isaac Newton calculated it to 16 places. In the 17th century pi began being called the Ludolphian number after Ludolph van Ceulen‚ a German mathematician. He calculated pi to 35 places. The first person to use the Greek letter was a Welsh mathematician William Jones
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mathematics was primarily used in a supplementary or practical role. Thus mathematical methods were used to solve problems in architecture and construction (as in the public works of the Harrappan civilization) in astronomy and astrology (as in the Jain mathematicians) and in the construction of Vedic altars (as in the case of the Shulba Sutras of Baudhayana and his successors). By the sixth or fifth century BC‚ mathematics was studied for its own sake‚ as well as for its relevance in other fields of knowledge
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