WHO DISCOVERED MATHEMATICS? The history of the development of mathematics is a long one. No single person is given credit for the "discovery" of mathematics. As man lived in caves before any written language existed‚ he understood the nature of the first few numbers‚ the counting numbers. He could make simple comparisons and could tell that‚ say‚ 9 were more than 6. He would be able to see that if he had‚ say‚ 8 apples and there were 7 people in his group‚ each would get one and there would be
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DMT0064 INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES Exercise 1 1. What is the difference between qualitative data and quantitative data? 2. What is the difference between discrete data and continuous data? 3. If an experiment results in data are continuous in nature‚ must the data be quantitative‚ or can they be qualitative? 4. Determine whether the given values are from a discrete or continuous data set. a. In the Chapter Problem‚ it was noted that when 50 letters were sent as part
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MAT 1000 College Mathematics Mathematicians: Making numerous contributions By Bonnie Jodoin Presented to Professor Combs A paper presented to Florida Technical College in partial fulfillment Of the requirements for the Associate of Science Degree Presented on 12/17/2001 Title Mathematicians: Making numerous contributions Thesis Statement This report will focus on the professional field of mathematicians. It will highlight some of the history‚ responsibilities‚ opportunities
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Upon arriving at this topic‚ I had previously been asked a simple opinionated question‚ is math is a science‚ an art‚ or a philosophy. I thought to myself‚ well of course all three. Mathematics is for the most part (at least what people see) is a science; adding‚ subtracting‚ multiplying‚ dividing‚ differentiating‚ integrating‚ etc. These are all very well defined operations which‚ for the most part‚ have very algorithmic solution methods. The art comes in the proofs. Typically‚ when formulating
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Mary Cartwright was a british mathematician who was very intelligent and diligent in her career of mathematics. Mary Cartwright was born on December 17‚ 1990 in Aynho‚ Northamptonshire‚ England. William Cartwright was her father who was a vicar or a holder of a church in England. Her mother was Lucy Cartwright. She had 4 siblings‚ but sadly 2 of her brothers died in World War I. Mary Cartwright was homeschooled until she was 11 years old. At only 11 years old she went to Leamington High
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The discipline I have chosen to study is Business Administration with a concentration in Healthcare Management. Health and Social Care systems are undergoing major changes worldwide. The health-care industry dominates in terms of creation of new jobs. The reasons for this are not hard to decipher. One need only examine demographic trends to notice the continued aging of the general American population as well as the bumper crop of baby boomers now moving into their golden years. Healthcare managers
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NATURAL SCIENCES AND ALL OTHER AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE TO THAT ALL OF THEIR CONCLUSIONS ARE PROVISIONAL? Helen Kahur January 2013 Introduction Karl Raimund Popper‚ an English philosopher was curious about a certain question‚ which was ’’whats the difference between natural science‚ and other areas of knowledge?’’. Popper’s response to that was that scientific claims could technically be disproved‚ whereas non-scientific ones couldn’t. A theory‚ which cannot be disproved
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RESEARCH TOPIC/TITLE: “BEHIND THE SCENES: STUDENTS’ VIEWPOINTS AND STANDPOINTS ON COMPUTING-MATHEMATICS COURSES” A. Description of the Project 1. Rationale: Course evaluations consist of series of questions in order to evaluate the instruction of a given course. Primarily‚ it helps teachers develop professionally. Personally‚ it helped me identify my weaknesses as an instructor at the same what the students like about how I performed in the class. Additionally‚ Course evaluations can
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Factors that Contribute to Difficulties that Students Face in Mathematics Classrooms Students in secondary schools usually have one thing in common; they are all going through their adolescent period in life. As with the physical development associated with this period‚ their intellectual development also goes through a change that is characterized by a progression towards abstract thinking which unfortunately does not occur in an orderly and predictable manner (Atkinson & Sturges‚ 2003)
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the book Les origines de la geometrie (The origins of geometry)‚ subtitled ¨ ¨ tiers livre des fondations (third book of foundations) (Serres‚ 1993‚ Flammarion‚ Paris)‚ I argue that the history of the sciences and‚ in particular‚ the history of mathematics cannot be written using the tools and models of traditional historiography. Rather‚ I claim that there is a need for a science of history that takes seriously what I see as a radical contemporaneity or copresence of the archaic and the contemporary
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