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Infinitesimal procedures in modern and medieval mathematics textbooks.
- Source :
- Conference Papers -- Psychology of Mathematics & Education of North America; 2006 Annual Meeting, p1, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- The paper presents the results of an investigation of the infinitesimal procedures for the calculation of the area of a circle depicted in 19 modern Canadian, Taiwanese, and Russian secondary schools textbooks and in their medieval counterparts. The authors conjecture that the procedures found in the textbooks are related to mathematical methods found in medieval mathematical writings, in particular, in those of Gerard of Brussels and of J. Kepler. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CIRCLE
TEXTBOOKS
SECONDARY education
HIGH schools
MATHEMATICS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Conference Papers -- Psychology of Mathematics & Education of North America
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- 26974322