Fundamental Concepts of History of Mathematics

Vol-6 | Issue-07 | July-2021 | Published Online: 15 July 2021    PDF ( 319 KB )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2021.v06.i07.008
Author(s)
Dr. Rupen Chatterjee 1

1Department of Mathematics, NabagramHiralal Paul College, Nabagram, Hooghly, West Bengal Pin:712246, India (Affiliated to Calcutta University)

Abstract

The science of structure, discipline, and relationships arose from the first practice of calculating, measuring, and describing the shape of an object. It involves logical reasoning and quantitative computing. And the development of the ideal and the abstraction of the subject has reached an extended level. Beginning in the seventeenth century, mathematics was an essential complement to the physical sciences and technologies and, more recently, began to play a similar role in the quantitative aspects of the life sciences. In many cultures influenced by the need for practical study, for example, the mathematics of trade and agriculture far exceeded calculations. This growth was most pronounced in sophisticated societies sufficient to sustain this activity and to build on the free time of thought and the capacity to build on the successes of previous mathematicians. The field of study known as the history of mathematics is practically the study of the source of discovery. Examples of new mathematical developments in mathematical methods and the study of mathematical methods of identifying the past and to a lesser extent in the modern age and before the spread of knowledge worldwide have appeared in only a few places. From 3000 BC, the Mesopotamian kingdoms of Sumer, Akkad and Assyria, followed by ancient Egypt and the Levantine kingdoms, began to use arithmetic, algebra and geometry for fiscal, commercial, commercial and natural purposes, as well as time and astronomy. for astronomy. The oldest available mathematical texts are Mesopotamia and Egypt - Polimpton 322 (Babylonian period 2000-1900 BC), Rind's Mathematical Papyrus (Egyptian Circus 1800 BC) and Moscow Mathematical Papyrus (Egyptian Circus 1890 BC). All these texts contain references to the Pythagorean triad, so the Pythagorean theorem seems to be the oldest and most extensive mathematical development after mathematics and geometry.

Keywords
Mathematics, History, Calculating, Measuring
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