Egyptian mathematics was dominated by arithmetic, with an emphasis on measurement and calculation in geometry. With their vast knowledge of geometry, they were able to correctly calculate the areas of triangles, rectangles, and trapezoids and the volumes of figures such as bricks, cylinders, and pyramids. ... This constituted both method and proof. ... Instead, what they did was explain and define in an ordered sequence the steps necessary to do it again, and at the conclusion they added a verification or proof that the steps outlined did lead to a correct solution of the problem (Gillings...

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Most people would say that what math you learn in school is useless in the real world. That all algebra and geometry is just a waste of time. However, math is the most used concept in the world. Computers, science, etc. all need some mathematical equation to make it possible. e has changed how socie...

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Leibniz vs. Newton Leibniz went to school Leipzig. He started studying languages such as Latin and Greek at the age of twelve (1). He was such an intelligent man that he further taught himself these languages. Throughout his early teen years Leibniz studied Aristotle's logic and theory of categori...

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Geometry, ok. ... By the time they got to proofs and theorems, I'd been kicked off the "bus of understanding- and was struggling behind on the "bicycle for mathematical delinquents-. ... I went two days and it was all proofs, theorems and definitions. ...

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Van Hieles Dutch educators who taught math for a number of years and discovered students had difficulty understanding geometry. ... Formal deduction At this level formal deductive proofs can be created. ...

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