Leibniz Vs. Newton Leibniz vs. Newton Leibniz went to school Leipzig. He started studying languages such as Latin and Greek at the age of twelve (1). He was such an intelligent man that he further taught himself these languages. Throughout his early teen years Leibniz studied Aristotle’s logic and theory of categorizing knowledge. Not impressed with Aristotle’s methods, He began to dev

Three Page Essay On Einstein And His Contributions To Math Einstein Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany, Einstein began his schooling in Munch, and he began his education in mathematics, particularly calculus, around 1891. In 1895, Einstein failed the entrance examination to Eidenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH) in Zurich. In 1896, Einstein r

Hippocrates of Chios HIPPOCRATES OF CHIOS by Rob Fisch It can be argued that if Euclid is the father of Geometry that Hippocrates of Chios could be considered the grandfather of geometry. Hippocrates was born about 410 BC in Chios, Greece and died about 410 BC. He was a Greek merchant turned geometer who compiled the first known work on the elements of geometry. I chose to write

History Of Greek Mathematics The Greeks view mathematics as a very important aspect of life, education and view it as a necessary tool to help assist in the forward progress of technology. To show how the Greeks view the concept of mathematics, dissect the word. The word mathema is a noun from the verb manthano meaning a subject connected with learning. When broken down into its two m

What Aspects Of Mathematical Activity Do You Think Are Important To Distinguish And Why Every culture on earth has developed some mathematics. In some cases, this mathematics has spread from one culture to another. Now there is one predominant international mathematics, and this mathematics has quite a history. It has roots in ancient Egypt and Babylonia, then grew rapidly in ancient Gre

The Abacus Have you ever wondered about where the mathematical machine, the abacus, came from, or what it is commonly used for' These are some questions that will be answered in my paper. My paper is generally about the abacus’s beginning, its earlier forms, what it is used for today and in the past, how well it works, and how it has changed through the ages. The abacus is perhaps t

Women Introduction Abstract Women in the world of mathematics is a subject that people rarely hear about. The only time they do is if she’s math teacher. What many do not know is that women have made extremely important contributions to the world of mathematics. Women have been documented to be involved in mathematics since as early as the fifth century A.D. Famous Women Mathemat

Origin Of Pi The Greek letter * (pi) is used internationally to represent the number that is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter or the ratio of the area of a circle to the square of its radius. Pi is an irrational number, which means that pi is a number that cannot be expressed in a simple fraction or as a decimal with a set number of decimal places. Pi is also a

Customer Taste With Mixed Logit I. Introduction In situations where customers choose among products, a customer’s taste parameters reflect the value that the customer places on each attribute of the products. Knowing the tastes of individual customers, as well as the distribution of tastes in the population, allows firms to design products that attract specific customers, recognize o

Frequency Distribution FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION I. Identify the problem A randomly selected group of students in a class of 35 was asked how much allowance is given to them on a per day basis. The objective is to assess how much the average student gets on a daily basis, find how many of these students fall within a specified class interval using a frequency table, and how much the m

African Americans in Math There were many great African- Americans in history that math marks in significant areas of education. These two women made there mark in a very uncommon area for African-Americans especially women. They became great mathematicians and became rewarded for there great marks in the mathematical history. Evelyn Boyd Granville was born in Washington, DC and atten

Fractions Abstract on Fractions This game involves concepts about fractions such as identifying fractions themselves, identifying equivalent fractions and improper fractions, performing operations with fractions and reading and writing fractions. The object of the game “fraction squares” is to make fractions that add up to one whole using certain manpulatives. The version describ

Euclid Euclid of Alexandria is thought to have lived from about 325 BC until 265 BC in Alexandria, Egypt. There is very little known about his life. It was thought he was born in Megara, which was proven to be incorrect. There is in fact a Euclid of Megara, but he was a philosopher who lived 100 years before Euclid of Alexandria. Also people say that Euclid of Alexandria is the son of Na

Fibonacci Leonardo Pisano is better known by his nickname, Fibonacci. He was the son of Guilielmo and a member of the Bonacci family. Fibonacci himself sometimes used the name Bigollo, which may mean good-for-nothing or a traveler. Fibonacci was born in Italy but was educated in North Africa where his father held a diplomatic post. His father's job was to represent the merchants of the

Fractal (Math) The Fractal Many people have seen or heard of fractals, but not many people actually know what they are. The answer to the question "What are fractals'" is really simple. Fractals can be anything that contains self-similar images within itself. For example, the human Circulatory system is a fractal. If you look at the blood vessels in your hand, they resemble the ov

Fractals In 1979 Mandelbrot produced a computer generated image of what later became known as the "Mandelbrot Set". This set covers a region in the complex C-plane with the property that values of C within this set, or on it's boundary, result in "Connected Julia Sets", and values of C outside the Mandelbrot set produce NC Julia sets that are just clouds of discrete points, or Cantor d

Fractals Fractional Dimension Dr. Benoit Mandlebrot proposed the idea of a fractal, which is short for "fractional dimension" as a way to cope with problems of scale in the real world. He defined a fractal to be any curve or surface that is independent of scale. This property, which is called self-similarity, means that any portion of the curve, if blown up in scale, would appear i

Freefall Why does a baseball that is thrown follow a parabolic path' This question is central to the study of projectile motion. Galileo was one of the first to study projectile motion. He correctly deduced that part of the motion of a projectile (such as the baseball) was accelerated and part of its motion was uniform. Suppose that a bullet is loaded into the barrel of a gun. Anothe

Game Theory Game Theory The first evidence of the game theory can be found in the Talmud concerning the dividing of estates. The game theory wasn’t around then but in 1985 it was recognized. Significant contributions came from John von Neumann in 1928 when he proved the min/max theory, and then again when von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern published Theory of Games and Economic Beha

Isaac Newton Newton was an English physicist and mathematician who was born into a poor-farming family. He was not a good farmer at all. So he was sent to Cambridge to study to become a preacher. He then was influenced by Euclid to study mathematics. That was around the time when he made most of his significant discoveries. With his ignorance he waited to later in life to show the w

Infinity For Kids INFINITY The grades that I am most familiar with are K-3, so that is what I am going to concentrate on for this paper. Once of the sources I used was my mother. She is a recently retired 2nd grade teacher, and when I asked her what I should teach children about infinity, she said that little kids are much smarter than we think sometimes, she told me that she used v

Accounting is math Accounting is math I believe that both math and accounting knowledge is strictly necessary in our everyday lives. The knowledge we gain by taking these courses gives us the sense of understanding over the financial transactions we make in our life. We use math and accounting in a variety of situations. These include transactions we make by money and credit cards.

Math Project: Pi The history of the mathematical symbol pi mirrors the most seminal, the most solemn, and the most fatuous perspectives of arithmetic. A reasonably immense amount of time has been supplied to pi, having some of the greatest mathematicians mankind has ever known contribute to its discovery. Pi is one of the few math concepts that draws a response from everyone; students

Math At Work Almost everyone is guilty of saying these words “ What will I ever use this stuff for.” Well unless you plan on working at the local fast food joint the rest of your life, you will most definitely use some higher form of math. I discovered this and a few other things while interviewing my father Herb Roach. His position is Vice President of Administration and Corporate De

Pythagoras of Samos Pythagoras of Samos is often described as the first pure mathematician. He is an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics, yet we know relatively little about his mathematical achievements. Unlike many later Greek mathematicians, where at least we have some of the books which they wrote, we have nothing of Pythagoras’s writings. The society whic

Origin Of Zero Introduction Throughout the history of man's intellectual development and expansion of his understanding of the world around him, there has been a gradual unification of seemingly disjoint areas of knowledge: art and religion, biology and psychology, and so on. Mathematics and philosophy are two areas of knowledge that have also developed through such a symbiotic relatio

Probability Probability My report will be on probability. What is probability' Probability is a measure of how often a particular event will happen if something is done repeatedly.(596 Websters Dictionary) What are the chances that it will rain tomorrow' On television the weather reporter says, the chances that it will rain tomorrow are nine out of ten or nine in ten. This means

Research Paper Omar Khayyam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 18 May 1048 in Nishapur, Persia (now Iran) Died: 4 Dec 1131 in Nishapur, Persia (now Iran) Click the picture above to see four larger pictures Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index -----

Sir Issac Newpn Newton was an English physicist and mathematician who was born into a poor-farming family. He was not a good farmer at all. So he was sent to Cambridge to study to become a preacher. He then was influenced by Euclid to study mathematics. That was around the time when he made most of his significant discoveries. With his ignorance he waited to later in life to show th

T-score Statistics Introduction Technological advances in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) have provided a “voice” to many people through various devices. This voice has been hypothesized to provide greater benefit then traditional communication board or word processing programs. However augmentative communication devices have not traditionally been used with children