Author: Francis MaseresPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Circle-squaring
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A Dissertation on the Use of the Negative Sign in Algebra: Containing a Demonstration of the Rules Usually Given Concerning it
Author: Francis MaseresPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Circle-squaring
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A Dissertation on the Use of the Negative Sign in Algebra : Containing a Demonstration of the Rules Usually Given Concerning It; and Shewing how Quadratic and Cubic Equations May be Explained, Without the Consideration of Negative Roots
Author: Francis MaseresA dissertation on the use of the negative sign in algebra
Author: Francis MaseresPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Algebra
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Dissertation on the Use of the Negative Sign in Algebra
Author: Francis MaseresPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A Dissertation on The Use of The Negative Sign in Algebra
Author: Francis MaseresPublisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781385700150
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T034679 London: printed by Samuel Richardson; and sold by Thomas Payne, 1758. [4], viii,293, [1]p.; 4°
Negative Math
Author: Alberto A. MartínezPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691187827
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A student in class asks the math teacher: "Shouldn't minus times minus make minus?" Teachers soon convince most students that it does not. Yet the innocent question brings with it a germ of mathematical creativity. What happens if we encourage that thought, odd and ungrounded though it may seem? Few books in the field of mathematics encourage such creative thinking. Fewer still are engagingly written and fun to read. This book succeeds on both counts. Alberto Martinez shows us how many of the mathematical concepts that we take for granted were once considered contrived, imaginary, absurd, or just plain wrong. Even today, he writes, not all parts of math correspond to things, relations, or operations that we can actually observe or carry out in everyday life. Negative Math ponders such issues by exploring controversies in the history of numbers, especially the so-called negative and "impossible" numbers. It uses history, puzzles, and lively debates to demonstrate how it is still possible to devise new artificial systems of mathematical rules. In fact, the book contends, departures from traditional rules can even be the basis for new applications. For example, by using an algebra in which minus times minus makes minus, mathematicians can describe curves or trajectories that are not represented by traditional coordinate geometry. Clear and accessible, Negative Math expects from its readers only a passing acquaintance with basic high school algebra. It will prove pleasurable reading not only for those who enjoy popular math, but also for historians, philosophers, and educators. Key Features? Uses history, puzzles, and lively debates to devise new mathematical systems Shows how departures from rules can underlie new practical applications Clear and accessible Requires a background only in basic high school algebra
Taming the Unknown
Author: Victor J. KatzPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691204071
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
What is algebra? For some, it is an abstract language of x's and y’s. For mathematics majors and professional mathematicians, it is a world of axiomatically defined constructs like groups, rings, and fields. Taming the Unknown considers how these two seemingly different types of algebra evolved and how they relate. Victor Katz and Karen Parshall explore the history of algebra, from its roots in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, China, and India, through its development in the medieval Islamic world and medieval and early modern Europe, to its modern form in the early twentieth century. Defining algebra originally as a collection of techniques for determining unknowns, the authors trace the development of these techniques from geometric beginnings in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and classical Greece. They show how similar problems were tackled in Alexandrian Greece, in China, and in India, then look at how medieval Islamic scholars shifted to an algorithmic stage, which was further developed by medieval and early modern European mathematicians. With the introduction of a flexible and operative symbolism in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, algebra entered into a dynamic period characterized by the analytic geometry that could evaluate curves represented by equations in two variables, thereby solving problems in the physics of motion. This new symbolism freed mathematicians to study equations of degrees higher than two and three, ultimately leading to the present abstract era. Taming the Unknown follows algebra’s remarkable growth through different epochs around the globe.
A Dissertation On the Use of the Negative Sign in Algebra: Containing a Demonstration of The Rules Usually Given Concerning it ; and Shewing How Quadratic and Cubic Equations May be Explained, Without the Consideration of Negative Roots. To which is Added, as an Appendix, Mr. Manchin's Quadrature of the Circle. By Francis Maseres, M.A. Fellow of Clare-Hall, Cambridge
Author: Francis MaseresPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Circle-squaring
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Bibliotheca Chemico-mathematica
Author: Henry Sotheran LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
International Handbook of Mathematics Teacher Education: Volume 1
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004418873
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Knowledge, Beliefs, and Identity in Mathematics Teaching and Teaching Development examines teacher knowledge, beliefs, identity, practice and relationships among them. These important aspects of mathematics teacher education continue to be the focus of extensive research and policy debate globally.