Math 300: Evolution of Mathematics

Incan empire and the Egyptian Rhind Papyrus and here’s the 1615 notes of Felipe Guaman on the Incan empire Here’s a link to the Rhind Papyrus full image on the British Museum website. Representing arithmetic and fractions This is a link to Florian Cajori’s History of Mathematical Notations, volume 2. Specifically, it points to the history of the dollar sign, $, because that might be an interesting entry point into the book....

This Week’s Reading’s and Assignments Before class tomorrow (for each day of class!), please complete the following: Day 16 (Mon, July 25) Read: Sketch 21 Sketch 22 Do: Sketch 21: Sketch 22: Day 17 (Tues, July 26) Read: Sketch 19 Sketch 25 Do: Sketch 19: 4; If you have a globe explore 1, 2, and 3 Sketch 25: 3 Do you crochet? You can make a hyperbolic plane! The pattern is incredibly simple: as long as you consistently increase the same for every row, you’ll achieve a hyperbolic surface (constant negative curvature)....