I have to write a research paper arguing a standpoint regarding the cultural variation in the emergence of mathematical notation. This is for an education cirriculum class (regarding a 6th grade math standard). But the argument can be about anything, doesn't necessarily have to relate to math in education. Math is my worst subject and I'm having a terrible time with this. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
2006-11-13 08:49:49 · 1 answers · asked by suekiemama@sbcglobal.net 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
It might be a little to high of a level but thesymbol for integers Z (in set theoy) comes from the german word for number. Also, in cardinality of sets uses some hebrew letters. Algebra is an Arabic word. Our number system is called the Hindu-Arabic.
Wikipedia has some good stuff on math history....
Of course, lots of things are named for the developer. Cartesian coordinate for Descarte. Gaussian, or normal, distibution: the so-called bell curve. Pythagoras...Fibonacci numbers...
2006-11-13 09:15:47 · answer #1 · answered by modulo_function 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋