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Mathematics has its roots in _________, __________ and _________.

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Mesopotamia, Egypt and Babylonia

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Mathematics was developed in __________ and simultaneously in __________ and India.

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Greece, China and India.

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Spread to the neighboring countries in Middle East.

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Greek mathematics together with Hindu mathematics.

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In what language does Greek mathematics and Hindu mathematics translated?

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Arabic and Latin

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Which country adopted the translated mathematics?

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Western Europe.

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It spread throughout the world by civilizations and trade.

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Western education

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How does the western education spread?

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By civilizations and trade

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Mathematics started in 4000-3000 B. C. E ancient times in which place?

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Sumer, Egypt and Babylon

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300 B. C. E - 200 B. C. E

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Greek times

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Major progress of Greek mathematics happened in _________.

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300-200 B. C. E

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Mathematicians in Greek mathematics

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Euclid
Archimede of Syracus
Hipparchus

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775-1202 C. E

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Hindu times

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What happened in 775 C. E?

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The Hindu mathematical works was translated into Arabic.

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1489 C. E.

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Western Europe

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It is a region in Mesopotamia.

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Sumer

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What did the sumerians do?

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They assign symbols to a group of objects to represent numbers.

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Two works of the sumerians

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-Assigned symbols to objects to represent numbers.
- developed the cuneiform script.

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They were the first people to assign symbols to a group of objects to represent numbers.

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Sumerians

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Cuneiform script that was developed by the sumerians.

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Earliest known writing system or pictographic numerals.

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Mathematics takes place in Egypt in the year

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3000 B. C. E

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First people to developed a numerical system that was based on number 10.

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Egyptians

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Another work of Egyptians that they developed

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Hieroglyphic numerals.

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2400 B. C. E.

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Babylonia

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Babylonians used a ___________.

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Sexagesimal system

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A base 60 system.
Sexagesimal system
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300-200 B. C. E.
Greek mathematics takes place
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The major _______ progress in mathematics happens in 300-200 B. C. E.
Greek
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Who wrote the Elements?
Euclid
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A compilation of theorems, axioms in Algebra and postulates and theorems in Geometry.
The Elements
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What did Euclid gain from writing the Elements?
The title "Father of Geometry"
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Year when Archimedes of Syracus derived a range of formulas.
200 B.C.E.
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He is a Greek mathematician, physicist, inventor and astronomer.
Archimedes of Syracus.
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In what problems did Archimedes derived range of formulas?
Area of a circle, surface area and volume of a sphere and the area under a parabola.
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He derived a range of formulas in area of circle, surface area and volume of a sphere and area under the parabola.
Archimedes of Syracus
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Trigonometry of Hipparchus was published in _________.
140 B. C. E.
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A Greek astronomer, geographer and mathematician.
Hipparchus
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Hipparchus is considered to be the founder of ___________.
Trigonometry
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Hindu mathematics started in __________
775 B. C. E.
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In what year did the Hindu mathematical works was translated into Arabic.
775 B. C. E.
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Hindu mathematical works was translated into __________.
Arabic
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In __________, Muhammad Ibn Musa Al khwarizmi introduced the Arabic algebra and Indian numerals in western Europe.
830 C. E.
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How did Muhammad Ibn Musa Al Khwarizmi introduce the Arabic algebra and Indian Numerals to western Europe?
By his writings/works
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Introduced the Arabic algebra and Indian numerals to the western Europe by his writings/works.
Muhammad Ibn Musa Al Khwarizmi
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What did the other Arabic scholars do?
Cultivated the Greek mathematics by translating the works of Apollonius, Euclid, Archimedes and Ptolemy into Arabic.
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In _________, Leonardo of Pisa became popular.
1202 C. E.
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Where does Leonardo came from?
Pisa
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Leonardo of Pisa is also known as ___________.
Fibonacci
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He wrote the book Liber Abaci.
Leonardo of Pisa
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What does Liber Abaci contain?
A collection of Leonardo's arithmetical and algebraic information during his travels.
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One of the people to introduce the Hindu-Arabic system of numeration in western Europe.
Leonardo of Pisa
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What is the contribution of Hindu mathematics in modern mathematics?
The decimal position system.
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What did hindu mathematics introduced in mathematics?
Number zero
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What did the number zero symbolize?
Concept of "nothing"
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Western Europe in the year ________.
1489 C. E.
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A German mathematician
Johannes Widmann
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What appear in the book of Johannes Widmann?
The + and - symbols
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Where did the + and - symbol first appear?
In the printed book of Johannes Widmann entitled "Mercantile Arithmetic".
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When did the Mercantile Arithmetic published?
In 1489 C. E.
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The + and - symbol first appear in Johannes Widmann's book that was published in 1489 in reference to _______ and _____________.
Surpluses and deficits in business problems.
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In _________, he greatly extend the power of mathematics.
17th century
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He greatly extend the power of mathematics as a calculator science with his discovery of Logarithms.
John Napier
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In _______, Pierre de Fermat was given credit.
1629 C. E.
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He is a French lawyer and mathematician.
Pierre de Fermat
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Pierre de Fermat was given credit for
The development that led to infinitesimal calculus.
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_________ together with ________ began the mathematical study of probability.
Fermat, Pascal
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He laid the foundation of Probability Theory together with Fermat.
Blaise Pascal
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What did Blaise Pascal invented?
Pascaline
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What is Pascaline?
An early mechanical calculator
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Pascal is known for ________.
Pascal's triangle
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A tool for expanding a binomial (a+b)^n
Pascal's Triangle
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He is a noble mathematician of the 17th century.
René Descartes
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What did René Descartes invented?
Cartesian Coordinate system
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René Descartes load the foundation of ____________.
the development of calculus.
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Gottfried Leibniz first paper in the calculus was published.
1684 C. E.
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He discovered the infinitesimal calculus together with Sir Isaac Newton.
Gottfried Leibniz
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Mathematicians in 18th to 19th century.
>Leonhard Euler >Carl Friedrich Gauss >Joseph Louie Lagrange >John Venn >Benoit Mandelbrot >Andrew Wiles
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He is on of the important mathematician in 18th century.
Leonhard Euler
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Mathematical areas where Euler worked
- Graph theory -Calculus of Variations -Differential Geometry
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A German mathematician
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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Areas where Gauss contributes
Number Theory, Geometry, Probability Theory, Planetary and Theory of functions.
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Year when Gauss proved the Fundamental Theory of Algebra.
1799
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Rise toward the end of 18th Century.
Joseph Louie Lagrange
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He is an Italian Mathematician
Joseph Louie Lagrange
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What did Lagrange began?
Rigorous theory of functions and of mechanics.
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Where did Lagrange played a key role?
In the creation of metric system of weights and measures.
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Who introduced the Venn diagram?
John Venn
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Introduced the Venn Diagram in ______
1874
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Became a useful tool for Set Theory.
Venn Diagram
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Introduced the Theory of Fractals.
Benoit Mandelbrot
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In what year did Mandelbrot introduce the theory of Fractals?
1975
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In 1892, Mandelbrot published the _____________.
Fractals Geometry of Nature.
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In 1994 he proved Fermat's last theorem.
Andrew Wiles
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Mathematical challenges of 21st century was announced.
2000 C. E.

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