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
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