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Mathematics has always been a critical component of African civilization. Without mathematics our people could not have built the marvelous structures that the world still gazes upon with amazement from the north of the continent to the south. Africans could not have parceled land for cultivation, conducted commerce, devised calendars, or developed astronomy. (Read about the Three Astronomer Priestesses of Egypt.)
Early mathematics can be divided into four parts: prehistoric, Egyptian, Babylonian (or Mesopotamian), and early Greek..(The Greek period 6, 5 4 BC) There was activity independent of this in others parts of the world, notably China, India, and the Americas. What is known about the mathematics of ancient Egypt is based primarily on the content of several papyri which date from the period 1800-1600 BC. The largest of these is (the Ahmes who copied it in 1650 BC, or Rhind who found it in 1858 ad,) Papyrus. It contains about 85 problems most of which were practical such as calculations of areas and volumes and distribution of wages among laborers.
Mathematics TutorialsThis video set contains dozens of mathematical explanations with examples from basic addition and subtractions to trigonometric functions. This information can be used to supplement home schoolers as well as non-home schoolers. They can be of use`when used as part of a`comprehensive math development agenda.
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Mathematics from the simplest forms to the most complex involves three things: an unknown, a given and a condition.
Example: 7 = a + 4
| Unknown | The unknown is the thing that must be found or determined. We must find a solution for the unknown. In the example a is the unknown. | |
| Given (data) |
In every problem something must be known. If there isn't any data then we would have nothing on which to base a solution. In the example there are two pieces of data:
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| Condition |
The condition specifies how the unknown is linked to the data. It provides the relationship between them. For example, equality is the condition in the example. |
The Panafrican Perspective math section is devided into five parts: Basic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry and Calculus.
| BASICS | The basics discusses arithmetic and other fundamental mathematical structures. This is a review designed to remind the reader of the fundamental laws and principles involved in mathematical thinking. | |
| Algebra | Algebra is arithmetic using letters as variables. These variables contain the numerical unknown in the problem. | |
| Geometry |
Geometry was derived from the activities of measurement, such as the amount of land allotted. It was pursued by early societies particularly Egypt due to the annual flooding of the Nile which required that land be reapportioned on an annual basis. |
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| Trigonometry | Trigonometry is the study of triangles and angles and their relationship; the greatest example of practical use of such knowledge can be seen in the great Pyramids of Egypt. | |
| Calculus | Calculus deals with changing quantities or variable values based on infinitesimals and limits. Differential calculating changes in a variable based on changes in a related variable relation between 2 variable is called a function one method is the use of graphs, their points and slopes Integral the sums of infinitesimals involving limits can be used to determine distance, area, volume and so forth by approximation. The general idea is to slice a figure into little pieces, which can be approximated, Slope analysis and sum finding are inverse, opposite processes, thus they can be used to supplement each other. |
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