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The Formula Moves to Europe

This early version of the quadratic formula was carried to Europe in 1100 AD by a Jewish Mathematician / Astronomer from Barcelona named Abraham bar Hiyya. As the Renaissance raged on in Europe, interest and attention began to be focused on unique mathematical problems. Girolamo Cardano began to compile the work on the quadratic equation in 1545.

Cardano was one of the best algebraists of his time. He compiled the works of Al-Khwarismi and Euclidian geometry and blended them into a form that allowed for imaginary number. This inclusion also allowed for the existence of complex numbers.

Complex numbers are also called imaginary numbers and are primarily used for taking the square root of a negative number. This derivation and blending of mathematical knowledge resulted in the creation of the quadratic formula that we now recognize and use for calculating polynomial equations of powers of two.

The Importance of the Formula

The development of the quadratic formula and its solution took over 3000 years of work by mathematicians. Granted the work wasn’t done on a full time basis, but the formula was studied throughout this time and mathematicians did make significant progress over that period.

Looking back now and realizing how much time it took to come to an explicit mathematical derivation and solution to the quadratic formula, it is amazing that the ancient cultures were able to solve their problems without the aid of solutions like the formula.

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Mathematics

The word “mathematics” comes from the Greek “mathema” which means in ancient Greek “what one learns”, “what one gets to know” also “study”, “knowledge”, “learning” and “science” and in modern Greek just “lesson”.

In English until 1700 the term “mathematics” meant “astrology”, “astronomy” rather than “mathematics” as it is now. Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure and change.

Through the use of abstraction and logical reasoning, maths developed from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Practical maths has been a human activity for as far back as written records exist. The earliest uses of Maths were in trading, land measurement, painting. In addition to recognizing how to count physical objects, prehistoric peoples also knew how to count abstract quantities, like time – days, seasons, years. Elementary arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) naturally followed.

The systematic study of maths in its own right began with the Ancient Greek between 600 and 300 BC.

Maths continued to develop, for example, in China in 300 BC, in India in 100 A.D. and in the Muslim world in AD 800 until the Renaissance when mathematical innovations interacting with new scientific discoveries led to a rapid increase in the present day.

Mathematics is used throughout the world as an essential tool in many fields, including natural science, engineering, medicine, and the social sciences.

Nowadays, all sciences suggest problems studied by maths and many problems arise within Maths itself. Often Maths inspired by one area proves useful in many areas. A distinction is often made between pure Maths and applied Maths. However pure Maths topics often turn out to have applications, e. g. number theory in cryptography and computer science.

Many mathematicians talk about the elegance of maths, its inner beauty. Simplicity and generality in Maths are valued.

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Mathematics − the Language of Science

precise and concise statements

точні та стислі ствердження

common language

загальна мова

to conceal the meaning

приховувати значення

in this capacity

в цій якості

spoken language

розмовна мова

to influence our reasoning

впливати на наші міркування

signs and symbols

знаки і символи

purposefully designed

спеціально розроблений

to pervade / to permeate

проникати

verbal

словесний

literal notation

буквене позначення

successively through three stages

послідовно через три етапи

certain words of frequent use

певні слова частого використання

a similar metamorphosis

аналогічні/подібні метаморфози

abbreviated algebra

скорочена алгебра

to denote the unknown magnitudes

позначати невідомі величини

vowels and consonants

голосні та приголосні

the given quantities

задані величини

calculus symbol

символ обчислення

to grasp

зрозуміти

insoluble by other methods

нерозв'язний іншими методами

ambiguity

двозначність

susceptible

вразливий/сприйнятливий

to superscribe

робити надпис зверху

a product of social development

продукт суспільного розвитку

a convenient shorthand

зручне скорочення

a powerful technique

могутній спосіб/потужна техніка

to take the form (of)

набирати вигляду

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