Mathematicians and Math Topics (Tillman College Algebra and Trig): The Assignment

Mathematics Research Assignment

COLLEGE ALGEBRA/TRIGONOMETRY

1ST QUARTER PAPER

This quarter paper is due on Monday, September 29 at the beginning of class. Please remember that 20% will be deducted each day it is late.

The paper must be more than one typewritten page but no longer than two pages.

All sources must be cited. You must have at least three sources.

Topics:

1. John Napier and Henry Briggs
2. Sir Isaac Newton
3. Gottfried Leibniz
4. Leonhard Euler
5. Determining the Value of PI
6. Pythagoras of Samo
7. Thales of Miletus
8. Euclid
9. Archimedes
10. Hypatia of Alexandria
11. Aryabhata I
12. Brahmagupta
13. Al-Khwarizmi
14. Leonardo Fibonacci
15. Carl Frederich Gauss
16. Niels Henrik Abel
17. Calendars of the Ancient World
18. Ancient References to PI
19. Early Astronomy
20. Napier Invents Logarithms
21. Birth of Complex Numbers
22. The Golden Ratio and Rectangle
23. The Calculus Controversy
24. Pythagoras and President Garfield
25. The Parallel Postulate
26. Brief Pi Tales
27. Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Mayan, and Chinese Number Systems
28. An Evolving Concept of Numbers
29. Mesopotamia - The Beginnings of Algebra
30. Egyptian and Chinese Algebra
31. Rene Descartes - Algebra in Geometry and Analysis
32. Pierre de Fermat - Algebra in Geometry and Analysis
33. The Life of Fermat
34. The Life of Pascal
35. The Life of Newton
36. The Life of Euler
37. The Life of Gauss
38. The Life of Archimedes
39. The Life of Apollonius
40. Newton and Leibniz
41. Evolution of Mathematics in Ancient China
42. The Life of Euclid
43. The Life of Pythagoras
44. The Calendars - Babylonian, Gregorian, Mayan
45. Mathematics of the Great Pyramid
46. The History of the Abacus
47. The Rhind Papyrus
48. Galieo Galilei
49. Johann Kepler
50. John Wallis
51. Heron of Alexander
52. The Slide Rule
53. The History of PI
54. Apollonius and Conic Sections
55. Plimpton 322
56. Johannes Bolyai and Nicolai Ivanovitch Lobachevsky
57. The Number “e”
58. Giralamo Cardano
59. Tartaglia, the Stammerer
60. Lodovico Ferrari
61. Describe An Orbit
62. Napier and Briggs

Below are library books: 

#1-#5 - The Age of Genius 1300-1800, Bradley

#6-#14 - The Birth of Mathematics Ancient Times to 1300, Bradley

#15-#16 - The Foundations of Mathematics 1800-1900, Bradley

#17-#26 - Agnesi to Zeno

#27-#28 - The History of Mathematics - Numbers

#29-#30 - The History of Mathematics - Algebra

#31-#37 - Men Of Mathematics, Bell

#38-#40 - History of Mathematics, Boyer

#41 - Vol.1 Mathematics - People, Problems, Results - Campbell and Higgins

#42-#43 - The Library of Greek Philosophers

Format:

Your paper should consist of 4 pages:

• The Title Page
• 2 pages of content
• Source Page

Spell everything correctly. Use spell check.

Turn it in on time.

Do well. Be happy.