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The History of Numbers
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Introduction• Numbers serve two purposes
– Tools for Counting and Measuring– Attempt to Understand the Unexplainable
• Natural versus Learned Counting– Develop System & Method of Manipulation
– Linguistics to Communicate the System
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Introduction• Civilizations each developed their own system, each contributing to today’s understanding of numbers
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Babylonian Numbers
• Some of the Earliest Devices to Record Calculations– Clay Tablets in Iran of Base 10– Clay Tablets in Iraq of Base 60
• Both Counting Systems are Still Present in Society Today
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Egyptian Numbers
• Number System is not well evidenced, but their contribution is undeniable
• The Temple of Wasat was the World’s first University– Educated 80,000 students at its peak
– Students included: ???
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Egyptian Numbers
• Students included: Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Euclid, Pythagoras, Hypocrates, Archimides, Euripides
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Egyptian Numbers• Left Little Written Evidence of Mathematics
• Rhind Papyrus (1650 BCE) – Scroll 20’ x 1’ with 87 problems
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Greek Numbers• Which is more basic: Arithmetic or Geometry?– Discrete or Continuous Universe
• Reality is Mathematical in Nature• Irrational Numbers Presented a Philosophical Problem for the Greeks
• Thinking Based on Words and Abstract Diagrams
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Greek Numbers• By 500 BCE, they had a system based on the decimal and comprised of the 27 letters of their alphabet– First nine letters represented the digits 1-9
– Second nine represented the tens
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Greek Numbers– The last nine represented the hundreds
– Special sign for numbers higher than 900
– There was no zero– Numbers were nonpositional
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Roman Numbers• Roman numerals spread throughout Western Europe– Started with stick numbers (I, II, III, IIII)
– Added six letter symbols (V, X, L, C, D, M)– Addition & Subtraction were simple, but Multiplication & Division proved Complicated
– CCKCVI + DCL + MLXXX = ?
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Roman Numbers
• The Abacus existed to provide place value– Work vanished as it was performed, leaving no record of the process
– No way to check results other than to redo the calculation
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Arabic Numbers• In 830, Caliph al’Mamun founded the House of Wisdom in Baghdad– Advancement during European Dark Ages
– Muslim world was reading translated works of the great Greek mathematicians
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Arabic Numbers• Arabic numerals were promoted by Fibonacci, but met opposition in Europe
• System had place value and zero
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Mayan Numbers
• Employed a place value system with a base twenty counting system– They used a dot to represent 1 and a horizontal line for 5
– Larger numbers were represented by stacking symbols in columns
– Had a zero
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