Furthermore, how a sixth-grade student uses geometric relationships between rectangles and circles to verify that the corners (vertices) of a fish rack (rectangle) are positioned properly is also explored. Taken together, these examples demonstrate how mathematics may be ...
I’m afraid that the discussion of Artificial Intelligence ignores the main issue, and this is a global, existential issue, and this is a question of preserving the culture of mankind: very soon AI will be able to replace people in 60%, 70%, 90% of human “intellectual” activities, bec...
Again, through the seepage mathematical culture, mathematics thought method using several examples, by demonstrating mathematical thought method, mathematics culture infiltration. Again, the use of reading and thinking behind the textbook exercises to permeate mathematical culture, this also is the place ...
View PDF View chapter About the book Description Mathematics as a Cultural System discusses the relationship between mathematics and culture. The book is comprised of eight chapters discussing topics that support the concept of mathematics as a cultural system. Chapter I deals with the nature of cult...
Owing to the durability of the Mesopotamian scribes’ clay tablets, the surviving evidence of this culture is substantial. Existing specimens of mathematics represent all the major eras—the Sumerian kingdoms of the 3rd millennium BCE, the Akkadian and Babylonian regimes (2nd millennium), and the ...
Mathematics Culture and Recreations The preceding recommendations promote learning mathematical ideas, but it is interesting to consider also the nature and context of the mathematics en- terprise. Essays written by mathematicians about their field give insights into its culture, discussing themes such as...
Sex differences in mental test scores, variability, and numbers of high-scoring individuals Science, 269 (5220) (1995), pp. 41-45 CrossrefView in ScopusGoogle Scholar Hyde and Mertz, 2009 Hyde J.S., Mertz J.E. Gender, culture and mathematics performance Proceedings of the National Academy ...
Recently, Ascher and Ascher have published a book, The Code of the Quipu: A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture, which is “an extensive elaboration of the logical-numerical system of the quipu.”[7] For more information on the quipu, you may want to check out Mathematical Tr...
Most of them also offer a small set of notational adjustments, which depend on the (mathematical) culture and purposes of the user. More specialized tools such as MoveIt-M (Fest, 2011) support a similar localization but specific refinement of language is needed for particular languages. For ...
civilization, but also to Sinology, Chinese language and Chinese culture; elaborate the respect and influence of Chinese culture on Mathematics and discover mathematics in Chinese Classics; and describe the achievements of Chinese ancient mat...