Saturday, April 7, 2012

The history and development of Mathematics, Part I (still ongoing)

Have you ever heard the term integral? Differential? Series and even up to a cryptography called? Yes, it is one branch of mathematics that popular in academic circles where it is able to transform and lead the world into a world that has the best civilization in the universe.

Mathematical sciences indeed have swept the world in various aspects. Because of the calculation and analysis we are able to make something. According to the words of our friend from Gadjah Mada University, Mathematics is just like life, they both need calculation. Therefore, let us consider carefully Mathematics and within the shortest possible time.
 
Preliminary
Mathematics is a branch of pure science or the beginning of a word by means of a study to understand the value of a quantity that can be integrated into the space, the structure and the possibility of change. In the concept of the mathematicians (call for a mathematician) to make an analysis in terms of different perspectives and transform it into a concept analysis is arranged in a neat and systematic.
From the definition above, then the math does make the concept of good analysis that takes the power of thought with logic and reason are qualified. Through logic and reason that the mathematics is able to penetrate a variety of disciplines that have developed at this time. Mathematics in economics, science, medicine and others.

History and development
In general, we may already know that most of the disciplines that exist in this world comes from the land of the god Zeus. It is indisputable, mathematics comes from the Greek word "Mathema" which means the assessment, learning, science, the scope is narrow. However, do not dwell in the assessment of math word, because as we have seen that mathematics has a broad scope.
Early introduction of mathematical concepts formulated by Aristotle who said that mathematics is a science concept that systematic, and it is true that we've been taught not to good at math to calculate, but how are we to analyze a problem in a systematic and logical reasoning.

Hawsen in 1974 to share briefly the development of mathematics, namely:
Ancient Egypt (Babylonia and Mesopotamia); mathematics has been used in trading, forecasting in agricultural season, the technique of making the building water.
Ancient Greek civilization; mathematics is used as a way of thinking by applying national measures and specific definitions on matters related to mathematics. At that time about 300 BC Endid in his book systematically presents various of postulates and theorems.
Arabia, China and India in the year 1000 has been developed in algebra even arithmetical algebra word of Arabic algebra. At that time been obtained by the method of calculating the number 0 and the decimal to the practicality of how to use algebra to.
Renaissance Mathematics, modern era has been applied include calculus and differential. In the 18th century the industrial revolution, evolving science of measuring non Emelid by Ganes (1777-1855) and further developed by Einstein's theory of relativity.
 
However, there is also subsume the development of mathematics in general starting from the prehistoric period until the time of history. The development is seen from the famous figures of his time in the development of mathematics so that the area where the character's name he was born as a reference the development of mathematics. Here's the explanation:
 
Prehistoric Mathematics. The oldest relics have been found in areas of mathematics Swaziland, a country on the African continent. Relics are found precisely in the Lebombo mountains and probably dates from the year 35 000 BC. The relic is a bone contains 29 different nicks are deliberately scratched on the thigh bone of a baboon. Contains a scratch on a calculation of their menstrual cycles of women, which means that there is a concept to calculate the menstrual period.
 
Babylonian mathematics. Mathematical developments in this area is evident from the work of the Sumerians who began to build a civilization that can be seen on the 400 pieces of clay tablets written in the writings of the nail. There is little conclusive evidence on the plate is used as a place to write multiplication tables with geometrical exercises and division of numbers. Besides, in this period there was a major development when the topics are written related to other topics of fractions, algebra, quadratic and cubic equations.
 
Babylon plates that had been found turned out to give effect to the world to reveal the history of that, people use the Babylon system is the base number 60 or 60 or in the language of mathematics called number Sexagesimal Calculations. Of this number system is so we know 1 minute = 60 seconds, 60 minutes = 1 hour and 1 is a 360 degree rotation as well as a milestone on the arc of the circle.

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