Mathematics Essays and Term Papers
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France in 1623. He was the third child and only son of Etienne Pascal. His mother died when he was a baby, so Blaise was raised and educated at home by his father. His father decided that he did not want Blaise to study mathematics before he turned 15…
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In high school geometry students examine the types of geometrical operations that can be performed by using only a straight edge and a compass (SE&C). One learns how to draw a line connecting two points, how to draw circles,…
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regular polyhedrons. There are only five of them. They are the tetrahedron, hexahedron (cube), octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron. The first three mentioned have been known since ancient times. The remaining two plus the original three were defini…
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math professor. Max Planck was born on April 23, 1858 in Keil, Germany. His whole family was very much into academics. Many of his relatives were professors of law or theology. Planck moved to Munich, Germany in 1867. He was not in the top of his…
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father. He was a mathematician of the first order. At 16 he wrote the Essai pour les coniques which was published in 1640. In 1642 he invented a calculating machine to help his father, who served as Royal Tax Commissioner at Rouen. Pascal is often credit…
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long before Pascal) is a table of the binomial coefficients where the (n, k)th entry is .
Each entry is the sum of the pair immediately above it.
binomial coefficient
The binomial coefficients are the coefficients of powers of x in the…
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Mill once had an idea to take something as complicated as ethics and apply a Hedonistic calculus as their method to determine right from wrong. They would ultimately base this determination on a measured degree of pleasure versus pain received…
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known as a great scientist by many people. He was born on December 25 in the year 1642 in Woolsthorpe, England. His father died before he was born and left his family without much money. Isaacs mother soon remarried and had three more children. His mothe…
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who is considered to be a pioneer in algebra and number theory (Simonis 68). The man not only contributed in the subject of algebra but also in mechanics, optics, and lunar motion. Not only did he contribute greatly to math but also his life was full…
An anylisis of qualitative and quantitative data: Is there one right way to conduct social research?
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When undertaking Social research there are two most commonly used methods: quantitative and qualitative; There is often a great divide between the users of qualitative and quantitative methods of research. Put simply, quantitative research uses mathema…
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