Early Math History

To begin civilization in a meaningful way, we had to be able to communicate ideas from one person to another. We can show this happened for a long period of time; however, we can appreciate a dramatic improvement in culture and society with the ability to record ideas. Not only expressive with words and events, but now mathematics as well. People are now able to look at and solve practical math problems significantly. I have learned that most of early mathematics began in a practical sense; to figure out heights, lengths, area, perimeters, volumes, and various other simple problems. As nations became more stable, scholars were able to study and learn more difficult abstract formulas based on theory. Also basic equations were looked at
This was later completed by Curtius Troianus. Tartaglia changed Pascal's triangle (a triangular array of binomial coefficients) into his own arrangement. In geometry he was able to calculate successfully the volume of a tetrahedron from the lengths of its sides and in inscribing within a triangle three circles tangent to one another, today we call it Malfatti's Problem. Tartaglia also had an avid interest in artillery, gunpowder, infantry, surveying equilibrium in balances, ballistics, and statics. He was a leader in the study of the motion of a projectile where he learned the maximum range of any given initial speed of a projectile is obtained with a firing elevation of . This would lead him to new ideas, methods, instruments, and ultimately firing tables to be used in warfare. Tartaglia suggested devices for finding height and distance, how to use compass techniques for surveying, and showed the first theory of the surveyor's
Tartaglia would have students of his own; Richard Wentworth of England, Giovanni Antonio Rusconi known for his work in architecture, and Giovanni Battista Benedetti, a mathematician and a philosopher. As I have shown, Tartaglia rose from impossible odds and humble beginnings to become a great teacher and respected mathematician. With his extraordinary ability to comprehend concepts and ideas, he was able to overcome the harshest of realities. To his credit are some exciting ideas that reach out in many areas of study. These all lend a hand in showing not only how fantastic his work was, but his life as