MATHEMATICS IN INDIA- PAST‚ PRESENT AND FUTURE Let’s begin with sloka 1.4 of “Sulba sutra” “Deerkha chaturasrasya akshnayarajju: Paarshwamaanee thiryangmaaneecha prithak bhoopathe Kurutha: thadupayam karothee” (The area of square of diagonal of a rectangle is the sum of the area of squares of its adjacent and opposite sides.) Then let’s look at the famous Pythagoras theorem: “The square on the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is equal to the sum of squares of its sides” The
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strides towards a better tomorrow‚ civilization today might be less advanced. A lot of their academic achievement math and science has trickled down from the generations and into western civilization today. Euclid‚ a mathematician‚ is now viewed as the most prominent mathematician of all time. He wrote a book called "The Elements" and put all of his discoveries and theories into it. A lot of the math and science that we use today was influenced by his theories and discoveries. A man named Hippocrates
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Class______________________________________ African – American Scientist and Mathematicians Below is a list of popular inventors‚ scientist and mathematicians who have made significant contributions to society and the world. You are to research each of them and state their contribution(s)‚ the year in which it was made and their field of study. Due Date: February 25‚ 2010 during regular class time. Scientist/Mathematician | Contribution/Invention | Year | Field of Study | George Alcorn | Invented
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The drama film “A Beautiful Mind‚” directed by Ron Howard is an excellent movie. The uplifting film is the biography of mathematician genius John Nash (Crowe)‚ who while at Princeton University he discovers a principle equation that changed economic theory. His tremendous career was diverted by his struggle with paranoid schizophrenia‚ which almost destroys his family and himself. The irony of his dilemma was that the drugs that kept his psychosis controlled also prevented his mind from
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Hypatia was a Greek mathematician‚ philosopher and astronomer. Her date of birth is still unknown nevertheless it is roughly estimated to be AD 370. She was born in Alexandria which was‚ after Rome‚ the second most important city in the Roman Empire at that time. Her father‚ “Theon”‚ was also a mathematician and an astronomer. He‚ along with his daughter‚ had a significant role in preserving the classical mathematical heritage of the Greek civilization. She is believed to have been killed at the
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Mathematics Project Class: 9 General Instructions: - Date of submission: 09/07/13 ________________________________________________________________ The project should be hand written in about 6-7 pages ‚ A4 size . Credit will be given to original and creative use of material/pictures/drawings/methods of illustrating The project must be presented in a neatly spiral bound A4 size folder. The project must include o A cover page o Table of Contents o The main study o Observations and conclusions
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The Bernoulli brothers were two outstanding mathematicians of the late 17th century and early 18th century. They were born in Basel‚ Switzerland and both graduated from Basel University. The elder brother‚ Jacob was offered a job as a professor at the university and Johann asked him to teach him mathematics. Their rivalry was born soon after and it is hard to tell whether or not it contributed to their success or not. They established an early correspondence with Gottfried Leibniz but weren’t just
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"Mathematics‚ rightly viewed‚ possesses not only truth‚ but supreme beauty" A frosting winter day. A dusk is coming. A student is walking down the river‚ trying to catch the last sparks of the sun reflecting on the smooth surface of the water. He is holding a camera in his hands as well as the sketchbook. Suddenly ‚ an old man comes out of the blue from the forest. He quickly recognises the boy and seems to be puzzled about his presence in the woods. Man: Good evening
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Biography of a Mathematician Introduction Leonardo da Vinci was a great mathematician whose contributions to the discipline were immense‚ especially in the field of geometry. Besides being a mathematician‚ Leonardo da Vinci was a renowned painter‚ inventor‚ architect‚ and a student of scientific concepts (Cremante‚ Leonardo & Pedretti‚ 2005). Since Leonardo’s natural genius encompassed several disciplines‚ he personified the term “Renaissance man.” At present‚ Leonardo is best acknowledged for his
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century Physics explained the processes of the natural world successfully‚ for the most part. There were still many facets of the universe that were an enigma to physicists. Mathematicians could indeed illustrate patterns in nature but there were many aspects of Mother Nature that remained a mystery to Physicists and Mathematicians alike. Mathematics is an integral part of physics. It provides an order and a guide to thinking; it shows the relationship between many physical phenomenons. The error in
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