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An historical - didactic introduction to algebra
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Abstract In this Paper we Consider a Teaching Educational Introduction to Ideas and Concepts of Algebra. we Follow a Historical Path, Starting by the Egyptians and the Babylonians, Passing through the Greeks, the Arabs, and the Figure of Omar Khayyām, for Coming to the Middle Age, the Renaissance, and the Ni... view more
In this Paper we Consider a Teaching Educational Introduction to Ideas and Concepts of Algebra. we Follow a Historical Path, Starting by the Egyptians and the Babylonians, Passing through the Greeks, the Arabs, and the Figure of Omar Khayyām, for Coming to the Middle Age, the Renaissance, and the Nineteenth Century. Interesting and Peculiar Characteristics Related to the Different Geographical Areas in which Algebra has Developed are Taken into Account. the Scientific Rigorous Followed Treatment Allows the Use of the Paper Also as a Pedagogical Introduction to this Fundamental Branch of Current Mathematics.... view less
Keywords
mathematics; pedagogics; philosophy; historical development; didactics; history of science
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Curriculum, Teaching, Didactics
Social History, Historical Social Research
Natural Science and Engineering, Applied Sciences
Free Keywords
Algebra
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 154-161
Journal
International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2016) 66
ISSN
2300-2697
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed