NEW DISCOVERIES
“The Beginning of Math: Part 2”
This is the second part of the
documentary, sequel to the Language of the Universe. This tells about the development
of math during the decline of Greece, and its continuing progress to the east. Marcus
du Sautoy traveled from China, India, and the Middle East.
In China, du Sautoy explored how
mathematics helped the Chinese build the imperial China and became at the heart
of an amazing feat of engineering like the Great Wall. He also said that the
Chinese uses math in engineering purposes, and that they believe in the
mystical powers of numbers which uis still existing nowadays. He mentioned the
name of Qin Jiushao. He discovered the first use of a decimal place number
system. He also mentioned that the ancient Chinese were fascinated with
patterns in numbers, they wer also the developers of the early version of
Sudoku.
Mathematics also played a role in
the way the Emperor slept through the imperial harem to ensure the success of
the Emperor’s heir, and the internet cryptography played a role in encoding numbers
using a branch of mathematics which originated in ancient Chinese work on
equations.
In India, they discovered and
invented the symbol for number zero, which became one of the greatest landmarks
in the development of mathematics. The Indian Mathematicians invented
trigonometry, introduced the number zero, and contributed to the concepts of
infinity and negative numbers.
In the Middle East, Marcus examined
the mathematical developments, looked at the invention of the new language of
algebra, and the evolution of the solution to cubic equations. Du Sautoy ended
his journey in Italy. There, he examined the spread of the Eastern knowledge to
the west through mathematicians like Leonardo Fibonacci who created the
Fibonacci Sequence.
This documentary made me more interested about
the beginning of math and where the symbols we are using in the current
mathematics subject developed and the people who discovered those symbols.
ADVANCE MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!
It really shows how math became an effective tool in giving people what they need. Math is not just a subject to learn but a language to be use for communication.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting ang pagkagawa hannah. I-expound2x lang natin konti pag may time especially the reflections and comments. But generally, I appreciate your work very much. Gawang estudyante talaga. Keep it up my friend! I proud you :)
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