the information is reqired for the knowdge of students at high school level
2006-08-23 16:46:54 · 9 answers · asked by Varadan 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
yesterday:a most essential one which had many childs who developed it.....
today:is is having just its followers i.e... who are using it for the development of science....
tommorrow:it will loose the focus on it,unless any mathematician successfully comes...
2006-08-23 16:57:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
MATHMATICS
Mathematics is the discipline that deals with concepts such as quantity, structure, space and change. It evolved, through the use of abstraction and logical reasoning, from counting, calculation, measurement and the study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Mathematicians explore these and related concepts, aiming to formulate new conjectures and establish their truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions.
Knowledge and use of basic mathematics is widespread, as it has been throughout history. Refinements of basic ideas are visible in ancient mathematical texts originating in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and ancient India, with increased rigour introduced by the ancient Greeks. From this point on, the development continued in short bursts until the Renaissance period of the 16th century where mathematical innovations interacted with new scientific discoveries leading to an acceleration in understanding that continues to the present day.
Today, mathematics is used throughout the world in many fields, including science, engineering, medicine and economics. The application of mathematics to such fields, often dubbed applied mathematics, inspires and makes use of new mathematical discoveries and has sometimes led to the development of entirely new disciplines. Mathematicians also engage in pure mathematics for its own sake without having any practical application in mind, although others may discover such applications later.
The word "mathematics" is often abbreviated math in the U.S. and Canada and maths in Britain, Ireland,
2006-08-24 01:09:32 · answer #2 · answered by M. Abuhelwa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mathematics has its own value. It cannot be changed. It is same as yesterday, today and will continue to be the same tomorrow also. It is a very interesting subject than all other things and will be useful for us in our day to day life also. No one can forget it...
2006-08-24 00:28:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mathematics is always at top in yesterday, today, tommorow. Mathematics is like a god. God and god's justice will depend on truth and he does not alternate their justice everyday. Like that mathematics also donot alternate thier answer's everyday. We do not do mathematical and scientific calculations without 1234567890+-*/. Without scientific calculations we do not discover or prove any scientific truths now a days. So mathematics is one of the powerful system in this world.
2006-08-26 00:32:30 · answer #4 · answered by Jannirlove 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well thats a nice question..... ok i am an computer student i answer u according to my knowledge.
yesterday - to know how many cattles are their
today - predictions of wheather forecats (take the probability)
tomorrow - life..... form my age to money that we spent
2006-08-24 02:21:52 · answer #5 · answered by maddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mathmatics are same in all era but change the level
2006-08-24 05:01:55 · answer #6 · answered by Jangid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mathematics starts with counting. In Babylonia mathematics developed from 2000 BC. Earlier a place value notation number system had evolved over a lengthy period with a number base of 60.
Number problems such as that of the Pythagorean triples (a,b,c) with a^2+b^2 = c^2 were studied from at least 1700 BC. Systems of linear equations and quadratic equations were also studied and led to a type of numerical algebra.
Geometric problems relating to similar figures, area and volume were also studied and values obtained for Ï.
The Babylonian basis of mathematics was inherited by the Greeks and independent development by the Greeks began from around 450 BC. Further mathematical discoveries were driven by the astronomy, for example the study of trigonometry.
The major Greek progress in mathematics was from 300 BC to 200 AD. After this time progress continued in Islamic countries. Mathematics flourished in particular in Iran, Syria and India.
From about the 11th Century Adelard of Bath, then later Fibonacci, brought this Islamic mathematics and its knowledge of Greek mathematics back into Europe.
Major progress in mathematics in Europe began again at the beginning of the 16th Century with Pacioli, then Cardan, Tartaglia and Ferrari with the algebraic solution of cubic and quartic equations. Copernicus and Galileo revolutionised the applications of mathematics to the study of the universe.
The 17th Century saw Napier, Briggs and others greatly extend the power of mathematics as a calculatory science with his discovery of logarithms.
Progress towards the calculus continued with Fermat, who, together with Pascal, began the mathematical study of probability. However the calculus was to be the topic of most significance to evolve in the 17th Century.
Newton, building on the work of many earlier mathematicians such as his teacher Barrow, developed the calculus into a tool to push forward the study of nature. His work contained a wealth of new discoveries showing the interaction between mathematics, physics and astronomy. Newton's theory of gravitation and his theory of light take us into the 18th Century.
The most important mathematician of the 18th Century was Euler who, in addition to work in a wide range of mathematical areas, was to invent two new branches, namely the calculus of variations and differential geometry.
Toward the end of the 18th Century, Lagrange was to begin a rigorous theory of functions and of mechanics.
The 19th Century saw rapid progress. Fourier's work on heat was of fundamental importance.
Non-euclidean geometry developed by Lobachevsky and Bolyai led to characterisation of geometry by Riemann. Gauss, thought by some to be the greatest mathematician of all time, studied quadratic reciprocity and integer congruences.
The 19th Century saw Galois' introduction of the group concept was to herald in a new direction for mathematical research which has continued through the 20th Century.
The end of the 19th Century saw Cantor invent set theory almost single handedly.
Analysis was driven by the requirements of mathematical physics and astronomy. Lie's work on differential equations led to the study of topological groups and differential topology. Maxwell was to revolutionise the application of analysis to mathematical physics. Statistical mechanics was developed by Maxwell, Boltzmann and Gibbs. It led to ergodic theory.
The study of integral equations was driven by the study of electrostatics and potential theory. Fredholm's work led to Hilbert and the development of functional analysis.
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/History_overview.html
Tomorrow's Mathematics
These will be tools that will help to solve the mysteries in Space, models about the Universe, sub-atomic level interaction, nanotechnology, neural networks, biotech, and research into higher ordered dimensions, complex String theories.
2006-08-24 01:53:06 · answer #7 · answered by ideaquest 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's the most interesting subject of all
for me of course
2006-08-23 23:51:13 · answer #8 · answered by MARTA SUSANA L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yesterday it gave birth to science
today it is rearing it up
tomorrow.......i fear.....it'll probably destroy everything.
(My suspicion is due to human nature, math is not faulty at all)
2006-08-26 13:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by avik r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋