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Math History
Far more interesting than one might first expect, the history of mathematics is filled with bitter rivalries, political machinations, and incredible innovations by some of the most amazing minds in history. Post all questions concerning individual mathematicians, the development of mathematical theories, and the sociological impact that resulted into this category.
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Who was the mathematician who sytemized geometry?
Euclid (~300 B.C.).
Euclid started with 10 facts that were self-evident and required no proof, called "postulates" and "axioms." From those, he developed hundreds of propositions and theorems, which he proved using only the 10 postulates/axioms and previously proven theorems. The collection of this work was written in 13 books called "Euclid's Elements". Its logical, axiomatic approach and use of rigorous mathematical proofs has remained a model for mathematics and science for over 2000 years.
What is the words referring to the four fundamental operations?
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
There is no such thing as "the best math". Different aspects of mathematics have different appeals (including none) to different people. Any answer would depend on an arbitrary and subjective "best".
What is the maximum range of numbers that can be stored in a 12bit word?
2^12 = 4095 is the maximum range of 12bit word
How do you determine a root and perform long division on the polynomial x5-2x4-4x3 8x2 x-20?
Long division and determining a root are two different things in this case.Long division: First you need to know what you want to divide it by. "Long division" in this case means that you divide one polynomial by another one.
Finding a root: There is no simple formula to find roots of polynomials of degree 5 or more - and even for degree 3 and 4, it's rather complicated to find the exact value. In practice, several iterative methods are used, that can get you the roots to any desired precision. But all those methods are quite complicated; much beyond what you normally learn in high school.
Every job uses some form of math
It really depends on if you're talking about the types of difficulties in math or just not using math. A job at a large corporation will surely use more complicated math than a normal cashier at a store.
What is physical interpretation of vector space?
A vector has two properties: magnitude and direction. The representation of a vector is an arrow. The tip of the arrow points to the direction the vector is acting. The length of the arrow represents the magnitude.
Can you tell the Names of some natural symmetrical figures?
Circle, ellipse, rectangle, square, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid, isosceles triangle, equilateral triangle, any regular polygon.
The Calculator says 240 because i did 24 divided by 10% and it gave 240
Why do quadrilaterals have corners?
All plane figures except circles have corners, and even that is debatable that circles have an infinite number of corners. Corners are simply where the line tracing the perimeter of the shape changes direction.
Without any corners, you would have not have a convex figure. You would have a line. ■
When did Leonhard Euler discover the Euler line?
Euler first noticed that special lines, already well known, that cross at special points within the triangle, like the midian and angle bisector lines, that a new line can be drawn through all those special points. Im not sure when he discoverd it but this video about his life is where I seen this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-DV26x6n_Q
