Cardano, the gambling scholar

Oystein Ore

Princeton University Press | 1953 | 249 páginas | djvu | 4,4 Mb

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In order not to miss many of. Cardano, the gambling scholar by ystein Ore | LibraryThing Results from Google Books. Gerolamo Cardano, Physician Extraordinaire : World Research. He has been referred to as the Gambling Scholar.. Gerolamo Cardano – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia His book about games of chance, Liber de ludo aleae (“Book on Games of Chance”), written in 1526,. It was through gambling that Cardano financed his studies in medicine at the university of Pavia.. The Gambling Scholar, Girolamo Cardano – Bookmaker News In 1564, an Italian by the name of Girolamo Cardano wrote a book about various games then occupying the attention of many of his contemporaries, including dice-based.

Educational Studies in Mathematics - vol. 11, 13, 14 e 15

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The Culture of the Mathematics Classroom

Falk Seeger, Jörg Voigt, Ute Waschescio

Cambridge University Press | 1998 | 416 páginas |  pdf | 4 Mb

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Descrição: The culture of the mathematics classroom is becoming an increasingly salient topic of discussion in mathematics education. Studying and changing what happens in the classroom allows researchers and educators to recognize the social character of mathematical pedagogy and the relationship between the classroom and culture at large. This volume is divided into three sections, reporting findings gained in both research and practice. The first part presents several attempts to change classroom culture by focusing on the education of mathematics teachers and on teacher-researcher collaboration. The second section shifts to the interactive processes of the mathematics classroom and to the communal nature of learning. The third section discusses the means of constructing, filtering, and establishing mathematical knowledge that are characteristic of classroom culture. This internationally relevant volume will be of particular interest to educators and educational researchers.

Numbers and Shapes Revisited: More Problems for Young Mathematicians

(Oxford Science Publications)
Judita Cofman

Oxford University Press, USA | 1995 | 320 páginas | djvu

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Descrição: Numbers and Shapes Revisited is the ideal guide for high school and undergraduate students seeking to understand the connections between the wide range of mathematical methods and concepts that they may come across in their curriculum. Topics include elementary number theory, classical algebra, euclidean geometry, group theory, and combinatorics. Stimulating and enjoyable, the book will promote independent thinking and the ability to pose and answer questions.

What to Solve?: Problems and Suggestions for Young Mathematicians

(Oxford Science Publications)
Judita Cofman

Oxford University Press, USA | 1990 | 264 páginas

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Descrição: This book provides a wide variety of mathematical problems for teenagers and students to help stimulate interest in mathematical ideas outside of the classroom. Problems in the text vary in difficulty from the easy to the unsolved, but all will encourage independent investigation, demonstrate different approaches to problem-solving, and illustrate some of the famous dilemmas that well-known mathematicians have attempted to solve. Helpful hints and detailed discussions of solutions are included, making this book a valuable resource for schools, student teachers, and college mathematics courses, as well as for anyone fascinated by mathematical ideas.

Birth of Mathematics: Ancient Times to 1300

(Pioneers in Mathmatics)
Michael J. Bradley

Facts on File | 2006 | 160 páginas | pdf | 5 Mb

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Descrição: From 700 BCE to CE 1300, thousands of scholars from many different civilizations introduced mathematical ideas that established the foundations of arithmetic, number theory, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry, as well as the related sciences of astronomy and physics. Although we know very little about specific individuals who made important mathematical discoveries in Babylonia, Egypt, and China, historians in Greece, India, Arabia, and medieval Italy preserved a more complete record, including the identities of some of the innovators. "The Birth of Mathematics" profiles 10 individuals from these four cultures during this time period as representatives of the numerous scholars who contributed to the field of mathematics.

The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History

(Ideas in Context)
Reviel Netz

Cambridge University Press | 2003 | 352 páginas | pdf | 1,1 Mb

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Descrição: This book provides a way to understand a momentous development in human intellectual history: the phenomenon of deductive argument in classical Greek mathematics. The argument rests on a close description of the practices of Greek mathematics, principally the use of lettered diagrams and the regulated, formulaic use of language.

Índice:
Preface
List of abbreviations
The Greek alphabet
Note on the figures
Introduction 1
A specimen of Greek mathematics 9
1 The lettered diagram 12
2 The pragmatics of letters 68
3 The mathematical lexicon 89
4 Formulae 127
5 The shaping of necessity 168
6 The shaping of generality 240
7 The historical setting 271
App The main Greek mathematicians cited in the book 313
Bibliography 316
Index 323

Games of no Chance 3

(Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications)
By Michael H. Albert, Richard J. Nowakowski

Cambridge University Press | 2009 | 576 páginas |  pdf

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Descrição: his fascinating look at combinatorial games, that is, games not involving chance or hidden information, offers updates on standard games such as Go and Hex, on impartial games such as Chomp and Wythoff's Nim, and on aspects of games with infinitesimal values, plus analyses of the complexity of some games and puzzles and surveys on algorithmic game theory, on playing to lose, and on coping with cycles. The volume is rounded out with an up-to-date bibliography by Fraenkel and, for readers eager to get their hands dirty, a list of unsolved problems by Guy and Nowakowski. Highlights include some of Siegel's groundbreaking work on loopy games, the unveiling by Friedman and Landsberg of the use of renormalization to give very intriguing results about Chomp, and Nakamura's "Counting Liberties in Capturing Races of Go." Like its predecessors, this book should be on the shelf of all serious games enthusiasts.

Children Doing Mathematics

(Understanding Children's Worlds)
Terezinha Nunes, Peter Bryant

Wiley-Blackwell | 1996 | 288 páginas | PDF - 42 Mb

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Descrição: Children Doing Mathematics provides a reliable and up to date review of the substantial recent work in children' mathematical understanding. The authors also present important new research on children's understanding of number, measurement, arithmetic operation and fractions both in and out of school.

The central theme of Children Doing Mathematics is that there are crucial conditions for children's mathematical learning. Firstly, children have to come to grips with conventional mathematical systems. Secondly, but equally important, they have to be able to present mathematical knowledge in a way that solves problems. The book also discusses how mathematical activities and knowledge involve much more than what is currently viewed as mathematics in the school curriculum. Most recent work illustrates how children can be successful in mathematical activities outside school whereas they fail in similar activities in the classroom. Through these two underlying themes the authors bring together discussions on conventional mathematical learning and on real life mathematical success. In so doing, they also highlight new and better ways of analysing children's abilities and of advancing their learning in school.

Índice
List of Tables
List of Figures
Series Editor's Preface
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Explaining Numeracy 1
2 Beginning with Counting 21
3 Understanding Numeration Systems 44
4 Measurement Systems 76
5 Mathematics under Different Names 96
6 Giving Meaning to Addition and Subtraction 114
7 The Progress to Multiplication and Division 142
8 Understanding Rational Numbers 202
9 Conclusions 234
References 249
Index 261

Learning Mathematics: Issues, Theory and Classroom Practice

Anthony Orton

Continuum | 2004 | 3.ª edição | 241 páginas | pdf | 15 Mb

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Descrição: Written from the viewpoint of the maths teacher, this book provides answers to many questions that plague teachers. Each chapter explores a particular issue that illustrates the interaction between theory and practice. New Chapters have been includes on cognition, pattern and ICT.

Contents
Preface to the Third Edition
Chapter 1 Do Teachers of Mathematics Need Theories?
The importance of theories
The origins of theories

Chapter 2 What Cognitive Demands Are Made in Learning Mathematics? 13
The problem of classification 13
Retention and recall 13
Using algorithms 18
Learning concepts 20
Problem-solving
Chapter 3 Could We Enhance Learning Through Optimum Sequencing? 27
Behaviourism 27
Objectives 30
Programmed learning 34
Learning hierarchies 40
Chapter 4 Must We Wait Until Pupils Are Ready?
Alternative views
Piaget and readiness
Accelerating learning
Curriculum implementation
Critical evaluation
Cross-cultural issues

Chapter 5 Can Pupils Discover Mathematics for Themselves?
Learning by discovery
Gestalt psychology
Structural apparatus
Problems and investigations
Obstacles and difficulties in problem-solving
Logo

Chapter 6 Is an Appreciation of Pattern Important in Learning
Mathematics?
Pattern in mathematics
Early concepts of pattern
Number patterns
The approach to algebra
Pattern and proof
Pattern in relation to shape

Chapter 7 Does What We Learn Depend on Where We Are?
Applying mathematics
Everyday mathematics
Work mathematics
Transfer of learning and situated cognition
Ethnomathematics
The significance of the situation

Chapter 8 Why Do Some Pupils Achieve More Than Others?
Individual differences
Convergent and divergent thinking
Mathematical ability
Spatial ability
Gender-related differences
Preferences and attitudes

Chapter 9 Does Language Interfere with Learning Mathematics?
Issues of language
The mathematics register
Reading mathematics
Mathematical symbols
Communicating meaning
Language, culture and mathematics
Word problems

Chapter 10 Is There a Theory of Mathematics Learning?
Mathematics and theories of learning
The Dienes theory of mathematics-learning
The van Hiele theory of learning geometry
Ausubel's theory of meaningful learning
Meaningful learning
Superordinate and subordinate learning
Conflicts and failures in learning
A brief note on information processing
Chapter 11 Can Pupils Construct Mathematical Knowledge for
Themselves? 194
Constructivism 194
Versions of constructivism 197
Some constructivist teaching experiments 200
Constructivism in our classrooms 203
Cognitive obstacles 209
References 213
Author index 225
Subject index 227

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Educational Studies in Mathematics
Springer Netherlands

Volume 6
1975 - 1976

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1-22: Arthur Engel -> The probabilistic abacus
23-39: Thomas C. O'Brien -> Deformation and the four card problem
41-51: Perla Nesher and Eva Teubal -> Verbal cues as an interfering factor in verbal problem solving
53-75: Erich Wittmann -> Natural numbers and groupings
77-86: J. D. Gray -> Criticism in the mathematics class
87-91: R. M. Cater and H. W. Johnstone -> A computer language for teaching introductory logic
93-98: Mario Barra -> The cycloid
99-111: H. P. Hahn -> A model of the symmetric group S4 used as a means of teaching fundamental algebraic concepts
113-118: J. B. Harkin -> Introducing the geoboard
119-123: J. Vyšín -> An experience of the Czechoslovakian experimental center
125: Errata
127-186: Hans Freudenthal -> Pupils' achievements internationally compared — The IEA
187-205: Dietger Heitele -> An epistemological view on fundamental stochastic ideas
207-212: James J. Roberge -> Development of comprehension of logical connectives in symbolic or verbal form
213-252: H. N. Jahnke, H. Steinbring and D. Vogel -> Zahlbegriff und Rechenfertigkeit-zur problematik der Entwicklung wissenschaftlicher begriffe
253-257: Announcement
259-271: H. J. L. Kamps and J. H. Van Lint -> A comparison of a classical calculus test with a similar multiple choice test
273-292: A. G. Howson -> University courses for future teachers
293-309: D. E. Mackenzie, J. D. Gray and S. J. Prokhovnik -> Large-group lecturing in mathematics
311-326: Josette Adda -> L'incompréhension en mathématiques et les malentendus
327-338: D. Anxolabéhère and G. Périquet -> Approche des modeles mathematiques de l'evolution des populations par la simulation d'experiences sur ordinateur
339-350: Shlomo Vinner -> The naive platonic approach as a teaching strategy in arithmetics
351-373: John Niman -> Graph theory in the elementary school
375-385: Joseph M. Scandura -> How does mathematics learning take place?
387-388: Errata
389-393: Maurice Glaymann -> Les probabilités à l'école élémentaire
395-408: Floyd Vest -> Teaching problem solving as viewed through a theory of models
409-413: Ramesh Kapadia -> Set-theory and logic in school
415-428: Michèle Artigue and Jacqueline Viennot -> Quelques reflexions sur l'enseignement de la numération aux enfants de 7, 8 ou 9 ans
429-445: Pierre Buisson -> Évaluation-sondage dans le premier cycle (12–16 ans)
447-474: Adele Goldberg and Patrick Suppes -> Computer-assisted instruction in elementary logic at the university level
475-497: M. Otte -> Die didaktischen systeme von V. V. Davidov/ D. B. Elkonin einerseits und L. V. Zankov andererseits
499-500: XVIth International Mathematical Olympiad
501-502: XVIIth International Mathematical Olympiad

Volume 7
1976

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3-22: Josette Adda -> Difficultés liées à la présentation des questions mathématiques
23-40: A. W. Bell -> A study of pupils' proof-explanations in mathematical situations
41-47: Alan J. Bishop -> Decision-making, the intervening variable
49-58: Régine Douady -> Une expérience à Montrouge
59-69: Arthur Engel -> Why does the probabilistic abacus work?
71-82: T. J. Fletcher -> Nomograms and the foundations of geometry
83-88: Maurice Glaymann -> Ou le premier n'est pas toujours premier ...
89-108: Thomas C. O'Brien -> Three informal essays
109-112: H. O. Pollak -> What industry wants a mathematician to know and how we want them to know it
113-120: A. Revuz -> Stratégies pour une approche de ℤ
121-126: Jaroslav Šedivý -> A note on the role of parameters in mathematics teaching
127-137: W. Servais -> Problématique dans l'apprentissage de la mathématique
139-146: Hans Georg Steiner -> Finite geometries and non-measurable voting bodies
147-155: Stefan Turnau -> On a class-room incident
157-169: P. M. Hiele -> Wie kann man im Mathematikunterricht den Denkstufen Rechnung tragen?
171-177: Tamás Varga -> On primary school teachers' mathematics
179-184: Erich Wittmann -> Mathematizing around convexity
189-190: Hans Freudenthal -> Preface
191-192: Foreword
193-331: Mathematics education
332-350: Learning to teach
351-363: Curriculum development — A strategy
364-367: Publications
369-388: Pearla Nesher -> Three determinants of difficulty in verbal arithmetic problems
389-397: Menahem Finegold and Shmuel Avital -> Enquiry, discovery and research: Terminology and meaning
399-411: Shmuel Avital and Rodney T. Hansen -> Mathematical induction in the classroom
413-429: Shlomo Vinner -> The naive concept of definition in mathematics
431-442: H. J. Vollrath -> The place of geometry in mathematics teaching: An analysis of recent developments
443-463: Emma Castelnuovo, Daniela and Claudio Gori-Giorgi -> La géométrie projective à l'école
465-495: G. Walther -> Balancierte graphen-ein thema für die didaktische diskussion zum geometrieunterricht
497-521: Claude Comiti, Marie-Rose Guillermard and Alain Solano -> Approche des statistiques en classe de sixième: Analyse de résultats sportifs
523-527: G. F. Peaker -> A commentary from iea on Dr. Freudenthal's article in: Educational studies in mathematics, vol. 6, no. 2
529-533: H. Freudenthal -> Rejoinder
535: Erratum

Volume 8
1977

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1: Hans Freudenthal -> Creativity
3-16: Hans Freudenthal -> Bastiaan's experiments on Archimedes' principle
17-26: Shlomo Vinner -> The concept of exponentiation at the undergraduate level and the definitional approach
27-34: J. Dormolen -> Learning to understand what giving a proof really means
35-39: János Surány -> “I have lost the thread completely ...”
41-50: Emma Castelnuovo -> L'enseignement des mathématiques
51-116: R. Duval and F. Pluvinage -> Démarches individuelles de réponse en mathématique
117-152: F. Goffree -> Johan—A teacher training freshman studying mathematics and didactics
153-165: E. Fischbein -> Image and concept in learning mathematics
167-179: Shlomo Libeskind -> A problem solving approach to teaching mathematics
181-198: Claude Comiti -> Approche du nombre par des enfants de 6 à 7 ans
199-210: Ramesh Kapadia -> Curriculum development: Practice and theory
211-224: Hans-Joachim Vollrath -> The understanding of similarity and shape in classifying tasks
225-238: Murad E. Jurdak -> Structural and linguistic variables in selected inference patterns for bilinguals in grades six to ten
239-240: Announcements
241-250: Jacques Nimier -> Mathématique et affectivité
251-269: Pearla Nesher and Tamar Katriel -> A semantic analysis of addition and subtraction word problems in arithmetic
271-293: Dieter Lunkenbein -> Rationalising teaching interventions—A working model of a process of research in mathematics teaching
295-316: J. Michael Shaughnessy -> Misconceptions of probability: An experiment with a small-group, activity-based, model building approach to introductory probability at the college level
317-332: Adolf Af Ekenstam -> On children's quantitative understanding of numbers
333-357: J. Grossel -> Recherche sur les difficultés occasionnées chez les étudiants par les notations avec indices et par le signe ‘Σ’ en mathématiques
359-368: Robert B. Wenger and Charles R. Rhyner -> A problem-oriented mathematical optimization course
369-376: H. Freudenthal -> Teacher training—An experimental philosophy
377-389: Iowo-Team -> Eleven minutes group work—A transcript
391-398: Nathan Hoffman -> The teaching and learning of basic number facts
399-404: K. Bognár and T. Nemetz -> On the teaching of probability at secondary level
405-412: Thomas C. O'Brien -> Implications of piagetian research for teachers of teachers and teachers of children
413-438: Nitsa Hadar -> Children's conditional reasoning
439-460: Uwe Beck -> Auslaufvorgänge aus wasserbehältern-eine anwendungsorientierte einführung in die analysis
461-478: Frank Swetz -> The ‘open-door’ policy and the reform of mathematics education in the People's Republic of China
479-508: Norbert Knoche -> On the indicative value of the classical goodness criteria of reliability and validity
509-510: XVIIIth International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
511-512: XIXth International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

Volume 9
1978

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1-5: Hans Freudenthal -> Address to the first conference of I.G.P.M.E. (International Group for the Psychology of Mathematical Education), at Utrecht 29 August 1977
7-15: A. Abele -> The usage of graphs in solving mathematical problems
17-39: Annie Bessot and Claude Comiti -> Une etude sur l'approche du nombre par l'eleve du cours preparatoire
41-50: C. Laborde -> Relations arithmetiques-aspect statique-aspect dynamique
51-73: Leen Streefland -> Some observational results concerning the mental constitution of the concept of fraction
75-83: Hans Heege -> Testing the maturity for learning the algorithm of multiplication
85-95: Iowo-Team -> Five plus four minutes class instruction—a transcript
97-114: N. Hadar and L. Henkin -> Children's conditional reasoning part II: Towards a reliable test of conditional reasoning ability
115-140: N. Hadar -> Children's conditional reasoning part III: A design for research on children's learning of conditional reasoning and research findings
141-142: Announcements: International study group on the relations between the history and the pedagogy of mathematics
143-145: Hans Freudenthal -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's-ideas and realisation
147-158: A. L. Blakers -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's-ideas and realisation Australia
159-170: S. M. Sharfunddin -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's-ideas and realisation Bangladesh
171-181: A. Revuz -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's-ideas and realisation france
183-223: A. G. Howson -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's-ideas and realisation great britain
225-244: Mária Halmos and Tamás Varga -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's-ideas and realisation hungary
245-253: J. N. Kapur -> Change in mathematical education since the late 1950's-ideas and realisation India
255-260: Badiollah Rostami -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's—Ideas and realisation Iran
261-270: Hans Freudenthal -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's — Ideas and realisation the Netherlands
271-281: R. Ogbonna Ohuche -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's — Ideas and realisation Nigeria
283-295: Aniela Ehrenfeucht -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's — Ideas and realisation Poland
297-302: A. Williams -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's — Ideas and realisation Sierra Leone
303-316: A. J. Gunawardena -> Changes in mathematics education since the late 1950's — Ideas and realisation Sri Lanka
317-330: M. Sawi -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's — Ideas and realisation Sudan
331-337: Orasri Purakam -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's — Ideas and realisation Thailand
339-353: James T. Fey -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's — Ideas and realisation U.S.A.
355-379: B. J. Wilson -> Change in mathematics education since the late 1950's — Ideas and realisation West Indies
381-390: A. Vidal-Madjar -> Teaching mathematics and statistics to adults who are keen on psychology
391-409: Stephen I. Brown and Gerald R. Rising -> One third cherokee: Problem solving, teaching, and intuition
411-420: I. D. MacDonald -> Insight and intuition in mathematics
421-427: Brian Griffiths -> Some comments on Macdonald's paper
429-438: Shmuel Avital and Shlomo Libeskind -> Mathematical induction in the classroom: Didactical and mathematical issues
439-460: M. Vandewiele and W. D'Hondt -> Quelques difficultes en mathematique et leur perception par les eleves en classe de troisieme dans l'enseignement secondaire a Dakar
461-502: Dominique Pastre -> Observation du mathematicien: Aide a l'enseignement et a la Demonstration Automatique de Theoremes
503-504: Hans Freudenthal -> Acknowledgment
504: Tribute
505-506: XXth International mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

Number: From Ahmes to Cantor

Midhat Gazale

Princeton University Press | 2000 | 297 páginas |  pdf | 29 Mb

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Descrição: We might take numbers and counting for granted, but we shouldn't. Our number literacy rests upon centuries of human effort, punctuated here and there by strokes of genius. In his successor and companion volume to Gnomon: From Pharaohs to Fractals, Midhat Gazalé takes us on a journey from the ancient worlds of the Egyptians, the Mesopotamians, the Mayas, the Greeks, the Hindus, up to the Arab invasion of Europe and the Renaissance. Our guide introduces us to some of the most fascinating and ingenious characters in mathematical history, from Ahmes the Egyptian scribe (whose efforts helped preserve some of the mathematical secrets of the architects of the pyramids) through the modern era of Georg Cantor (the great nineteenth-century inventor of transfinite numbers). As he deftly blends together history, mathematics, and even some computer science in his characteristically compelling style, we discover the fundamental notions underlying the acquisition and recording of "number," and what "number" truly means.Gazalé tackles questions that will stimulate math enthusiasts in a highly accessible and inviting manner. What is a natural number? Are the decimal and binary systems the only legitimate ones? Did the Pythagorean theorem and the discovery of the unspeakable irrationals cost the unfortunate mathematician Hippasus his life? What was the Ladder of Theodorus of Cyrene and how did the ancient Greeks calculate square roots with such extraordinary proficiency? An original generalization of Euler's theorem is offered that explains the pattern of rational number representations. Later on, the field of Continued Fractions paves the way for another original contribution by Gazalé, that of cleavages, which sheds light on the mysterious nature of irrational numbers as it beautifully illustrates Dedekind's famous Schnitt. In the end the author introduces us to the Hilbert Hotel with its infinite number of rooms, guests, and an infinite number of people waiting to check in, where he sets the debate between Aristotle and Cantor about the true nature of infinity.This abundantly illustrated book, remarkable for its coherency and simplicity, will fascinate all those who have an interest in the world of numbers. Number will be indispensable for all those who enjoy mathematical recreations and puzzles, and for those who delight in numeracy.

The Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Books II-IV of Euclid's Elements of Geometry

(Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition)
Anthony Lo Bello
Brill | 2009 | 218 páginas | pdf | 1,548 Mb

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Descrição: "The Commentary of al-Nayrizi (circa 920) on Euclid's Elements of Geometry" occupies an important place both in the history of mathematics and of philosophy, particularly Islamic philosophy. It is a compilation of original work by al-Nayrizi and of translations and commentaries made by others, such as Heron. It is the most influential Arabic mathematical manuscript in existence and a principle vehicle whereby mathematics was reborn in the Latin West. Furthermore, the Commentary on Euclid by the Platonic philosopher Simplicius, entirely reproduced by al-Nayrizi, and nowhere else extant, is essential to the study of the attempt to prove Euclid's Fifth Postulate from the preceding four. "Al-Nayrizi" was one of the two main sources from which Albertus Magnus (1193-1280), the Doctor Universalis, learned mathematics. This work presents an annotated English translation of Books II-IV and of a hitherto lost portion of Book I.

Robert Of Chester's Latin Translation Of The Algebra Of Al-Khowarizmi

Al-Khowarizmi

Kessinger Publishing, LLC | 2009 | 194 páginas | rar - pdf | 4,34 Mb

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The Analytic Art

Francois Viete

Dover Publications | 2006 | 464 páginas | djvu | 3,3 Mb

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Descrição: This historic work consists of several treatises that developed the first consistent, coherent, and systematic conception of algebraic equations. Originally published in 1591, it pioneered the notion of using symbols of one kind (vowels) for unknowns and of another kind (consonants) for known quantities.

Lilavati of Bhaskaracarya

K. S. Patwardhan, S. A. Nampally

Motilal Banarsidass | 2001 | 228 páginas |  pdf | 53,227 Mb

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Descrição: In 1150 AD, Bhaskaracarya, renowned mathematician and astronomer of Vedic tradition composed Lilavati as the first part of a larger work, a comprehensive exposition of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, mensuration, number theory and related topics. This is an enlargement of his work and attempts a thorough mathematical explanation of definitions, formulae, short cuts and methodology as intend by Bhaskara. Stitches are followed by literal translations so that the reader can enjoy and appreciate the beauty of accurate and musical presentation in Lilavati.

Mathematical Problem Solving: Yearbook 2009

Association of Mathematics Educators
Berinderjeet Kaur

World Scientific Publishing Company | 2009 | 288 páginas | rar-pdf | 5,56 Mb

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Descrição: This book is the first in the series of the yearbooks of the Association of Mathematics Educators in Singapore. It is highly unique as it addresses a focused theme of mathematics education. The chapters of the book, illustrate the immense diversity within the theme and presents research that translates into classroom pedagogies. The thirteen chapters of the book illustrate how mathematical problems may be crafted and infused in classroom teaching. Several novel pedagogies, such as learning mathematics through productive failure, problem posing and generative activities are presented in the book. The chapters are comprehensive and laden with evidence-based examples for both mathematics educators and classroom teachers of mathematics. The book is an invaluable contribution towards the already established field of research of mathematical problem solving. It is also a must read for graduate research students and mathematics educators.

Geometry in Nature

Vagn Lundsgaard Hansen

A K Peters Ltd | 1993 | 160 páginas | DjVu | 2,81 Mb

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Number theory and geometry, with a millenia-long history, together constitute the original mathematical disciplines. It is fascinating that the regularities and connections once discovered by mathematics retain their validity; more fascinating still is the fact that new relations are continually being discovered. Since mathematicsis also a logical structure in which one step follows from another, it is by now quite a challenge to come to be at the cutting edge; the mathematical disciplines have evolved to the point that it is a lengthy trek to reach their frontiers. This is why we rarely get to know 20th-century mathematics through the school math curricula, and as a result one has the impression that mathematics is complete and finished. This book seeks to show that throughout human history new dimensions have continuously been established in geometry, and that its evolution is far from complete.

Geometry in Ancient and Medieval India

T. A. SARASVATI AMMA

Motilal Banarsidass | 1999 | 277 páginas | pdf | 75 Mb

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Descrição: This book is a geometrical survey of the Samskrt and Parkrt scientific and quasi-scientific literature of India beginning with the Vedic literature and ending with the early part of the 17th century. The work seeks to explode the theory that the Indian mathematical genius was predominanty genius was predominatly algebraic and computational and that it eschewed proofs and rationals.

Puzzles in Math and Logic

Aaron J. Friedland

Dover Publications | 1971 | 72 páginas | djvu

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Descrição: original problems in math and logic, featuring permutations, combinations, properties of numbers, algebra, solid and plane geometry, logic and probability. Although only high school math is needed to solve these problems, even accomplished mathematicians are likely to find some surprises here. Complete and ingenious solutions provided for all problems. 31 explanatory drawings.

The Book of Numbers

Devi Shakuntala

Orient Paperbacks, India | 2006 | 144 páginas | djvu

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Descrição:Shakuntala Devi, the Human Computer, explains and simplifies everything you always wanted to know about numbers but was difficult to understand.

We can't live without numbers. We need them in our daily chores, big and small. But we carry in us a certain fear of numbers and are never confident about using them. Shakuntala Devi, the internationally famous mathematical wizard, makes it both easy and interesting for us.

This book contains all we ever wanted to know about numbers. Divided in three parts, the first will tells you everything about numbers, the second some anecdotes related with numbers and mathematicians, and the third some important tables that will help you always

The history of ancient Indian mathematics

C. N Srinivasiengar

World Press | 1967 | 157 páginas |

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The Japanese numbers game: the use and understanding of numbers in modern Japan

Thomas Crump

Routledge | 1992 | 224 páginas | PDF | 1,2 Mb

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Descrição:
An almost obsessional use of numbers characterizes Japanese popular culture. A wide variety of numerical formulas and strategies provide the means for explaining events and solving problems occurring in everyday life. These include such matters as the choice of the name for a child, ranking in almost any game or sport, the diagnosis and cure of illness, or the decision to accept a new job.

The Japanese Numbers Game provides a general study of the whole field of Japanese popular numeracy. It introduces, in fascinating detail, a world of numbers in which fortune-telling, the abacus, games involving numbers as well as curious numerical names (of both people and places) illustrate a popular obsession with systems of counting, calculation, and forecasting.

No understanding of Japanese popular culture is complete without some knowledge of the use of numbers by the Japanese. Thomas Crump's meticulous exploration of the cultural roots of these attitudes makes this book essentialfor students of anthropology and Japanese studies.

O fracasso da Matemática Moderna

O fracasso da Matemática Moderna
Morris Kline
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Ibrasa | 1976 | 211 páginas | rar - pdf |35,12 Mb

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Why Johnny Can't Add: The Failure of the New Math
Morris Kline
(em inglês)

Random House Inc | 1974 | 208 páginas

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