Assignment
for taking notes is suspended until April 3.
Current
discussion is on Newton’s theorem on
solving polynomial equations by power series.
Some
interesting links: About Newton-Puiseux series, Newton Polygon.
A good source to study about newton and his works is here!
Expect announcements and grade information on Canvas by tomorrow.
I will also post ideas for lectures in the remaining period (for voting on) and presentation schedule next week (March 27-).
Interesting articles about the RSA algorithm.
Check out this file and
this link And
also this link
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Do log into Canvas and formulate project groups on your own.
Contact me if you need help. |
Some Maple files Brouncker-Wallis algorithmfiles\confrac_brouncker.mws Working with equations
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Old (1898) book by Ball on Math.
History. Pdf, but it is also available as a free audio book on Librivox! Here is the TOC for easy lookup. |
Useful site to view original Greek manuscripts with translations |
Some useful project sources Contents
of Sherlock Holmes’ … book Possibly useful for
projects History talks on bbc
(Sautoy) link |
The
final course project is due on or before May 5 (Thursday) 10:30 AM. Please
send a pdf file as soon as possible! |
Includes
some homework due on 2/3. |
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(excerpt from A. Baker’s
book) Detailed explanation of part of the above |
A set of files on theory of
equations. |
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Chakravala process |
Details
of Chakravala
algorithm With
homework due on March 8 by group. |
A very interesting link
to browse. I strongly recommend it!!
A link to my web site from Fall
2016. Updated file links may be brought back to this page as needed.
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A summary of class
discussion on overview of Mathematics. To be updated as needed.
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A useful text about
Mathematics in India.
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The source
book for continued fractions by C. D. Olds
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Essay on Brahmagupta’s Arithmetic
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Essay on Brahmagupta’s
Algebra
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The book of
of Al Khwarizmi
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The
Chronology of Ancient Nations by Al Biruni
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Link to Euclid: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0086%3Abook%3D7%3Atype%3DDef%3Anumber%3D1
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Links to Egyptian fractions: https://www.google.com/search?q=euclidean+fraction&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=egyptian+fraction
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An interesting paper on the
history of CRT (kuṭṭaka)
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Vedic Mathematics in 20th century: An essay
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A Universal Divisibility Test
by Swami Bharati Krishna Tirtha