Mayan Mathematics In our modern world‚ one can argue that mathematics is a universal language. Numbers have been recorded in various forms throughout time. For example‚ the Babylonians used marks pressed in clay; the Egyptians used papyrus ink brushes to create tally marks; and the Maya introduced a symbol for zero. All these ancient peoples used numerals or written symbols to express what they meant mathematically. They developed their own numeration system‚ which is a collection of uniform symbols
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or credit risk.) As generic examples of risk-free assets we shall consider a bank deposit or a bond. M. Capi´ ski‚ T. Zastawniak‚ Mathematics for Finance‚ n Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series‚ © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011 26 Mathematics for Finance The way in which money changes its value in time is a complex issue of fundamental importance in finance. We shall be concerned mainly with two questions: What is the future value of an amount invested or borrowed today? What
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Women in Mathematics Every human is created with a gift of some sort. Whether it is an athletic ability‚ a wonderful singing voice‚ or an ability to relate to other individuals‚ every one has a special gifting. For many women in history‚ their ability was deciphering and understanding the intricacies of math. Although various cultures discouraged women mathematicians‚ these women were able to re-define the standards for women in this field of study. Hypatia of Alexandria was born in Roman Egypt
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Alexis Sorensen Kant Final James Griffith 1:30-3:00(T/TH) 11/17/12 Pure Mathematics Immanuel Kant‚ a Prussian philosopher during the 1700s‚ examined the basis of human knowledge and its existence. Through rationalism and empiricism‚ Kant developed an individual model that supported the concept of pure mathematics. Kant’s logic allowed him to prove concepts that appeared unable to be proven. Pure mathematics‚ as an a priori cognition‚ can be considered to be an example of a concept that may
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Scope of mathematics This article will provide an overview of the NCTM process and content standards. Educators first studying the standards may feel overwhelmed with the amount of content addressed within each grade-level span. State frameworks that dictate standards for each grade level exacerbate this situation. However‚ a longitudinal view will show how the same topics are developed over several years in a spiral and interconnected pattern. For example‚ the
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Kyle Smith Math 1332 Fall 2011 McCullough-Pannell How Mathematics is used in Firefighting Math is used extensively in firefighting‚ partly because firefighters have so many jobs to do in the course of their work. As a volunteer firefighter‚ I have seen mathematics used in many areas of firefighting. If you don’t have a solid background in math‚ especially algebra‚ you will struggle to pass the required exams and have a hard time getting
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Introduction 2.1 What is mathematics all about? The assignment brief suggests two viewpoints: (1) Mathematics is a given body of knowledge and standard procedures that has to be covered or (2) Mathematics is an interconnected body of ideas and reasoning processes 2.2 The first viewpoint considers mathematics as a discipline consisting of rigid compartments of knowledge with set techniques and routine algorithms. The second viewpoint suggests that mathematics is made up of interlinking
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Mathematics in medieval Islam 1 Mathematics in medieval Islam In the history of mathematics‚ mathematics in medieval Islam‚ often termed Islamic mathematics or Arabic mathematics‚ is the mathematics developed in the Islamic world between 622 and 1600‚ during what is known as the Islamic Golden Age‚ in that part of the world where Islam was the dominant religion. Islamic science and mathematics flourished under the Islamic caliphate (also known as the Islamic Empire) established across the
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Megara‚ who was a Greek Socratic philosopher who live about a century earlier. His elements is the most successful textbook in the history of mathematics. The principles of geometry are deduced from a small set of axioms. Euclid’s method of proving mathematical theorems by logical reasoning from accepted first principles continues to be the backbone of mathematics and is responsible for that field’s characteristics rigor. Elements is best-known for its geometric results‚ but it also includes many results
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Roman Mathematics Introduction The system of Roman numerals that we know today is a numeral system that originated from ancient Rome‚ and was adapted from Etruscan numerals. The system used in antiquity was slightly modified in the Middle Ages to produce the system being used today. The grandeur days of Rome did not emphasize on mathematics as a discipline and discover new abstractions. The Romans were more absorbed in applying mathematics in engineering and architecture to improve the quality
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