SME430 History of Mathematics

Week 7 - 3 Dimensional Geometry

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Itinerary
Announcements

Biographies

timeline

Discussions

Activity

Mathematics Lessons

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Announcements

Grades are in the

process of being
updated.

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From Last Week
Colbert Report Clip on Poincaré
Conjecture
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Geometry - The mathematics of the
properties, measurement, and relationships
of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and
solids.
topology - The study of the properties of
geometric figures or solids that are not
changed by homeomorphisms, such as
stretching or bending.
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 Biographies

Apollonius of Perga, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Plato, Hypatia of Alexandria

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Timeline
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Theodosius (~160bc-~90bc) - Sphaerics, text on geometry of sphere, for astronomy
Zeno of Sidon (~150bc-~70bc) - Argued against Euclid and Elements

150 B.C. 100 B.C. 50 B.C.

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Discussion -
Coordinate Geometry
What is the
mathematical
definition/description
of analytic geometry?

How has a coordinate

system been used
throughout history?

What new mathematics

became available
because of the use of
analytic geometry (and
the perpendicular y-
axis)?
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Real World Examples
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11. The actual width of the water fountain pictured below is 30 cm. The initial point of projection and point

Equiangular where the water lands are indicated. You will need to make measurements on the photograph to answer the
following questions.

Spiral

a. What is the maximum height reached by the water?

Projectile Motion
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b. What is the initial vertical speed of the water?
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c. What is the horizontal speed of the water?
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FIRST
HUMAN
cannonbal
l was a
14-year- d. How much time does it take the water to get from the spout to the basin?
old girl named Zazel
who toured with the
P.T. Barnum Circus. A
compressed spring in
the canon launched her
into a path that
Headlights
resembled that of thee. What is the velocity (speed and direction) of the water when it hits the basin?
water out of a fountain
or the spark from a
welder’s rod or baseball
from Barry Bond’s bat. Figure 10.1: Human Cannonball David Smith is projected to a net 50 m away. His
It wasn’t until I had projectile motion feat, while daring, is well understood. All projectiles (water out
started studying physics of fountains, sparks from fireworks and kicked soccer balls) follow the same
unalterable parabolic path that is 341produced by two simultaneous, yet unrelated
that I noticed something
startling about motions: constant speed horizontally and freefall vertically.
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Discussion -
Platonic Solids
What are the names/
properties of the
Platonic Solids?

What associations did

the Pythagoreans make
with these solids?

What is the distinction

between Platonic
solids and Archimedean
Solids?

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Archimedean Solids
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Activity
PID Sorting
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Origami

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Lesson Planning
design a mathematics
lesson for a classroom
that incorporates
Egyptian, Babylonian,
or Greek Mathematical
History.

Prepare a 3 minute
presentation describing
Topic you plan to
integrate
Objectives of the
lesson
Brief Description of
your lesson

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homework
Read Sketches

#19 - Non-Euclidean Geometry (p. 153-158)

#20 - Projective Geometry (p. 159-162)

Discussion Forum (Already Posted)

Upload History of Mathematics in Education

Presentations to Dropbox in ANGEL

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Coordinate Geometry

• What is the mathematical definition/description of analytic geometry?

Representation of shapes by equations.

This provided a “numerical address” to shapes. Combined algebra and geometry,

links between the two.

Related to the coordinate plane, need a concept of distance and how to measure
distance on a plane. Plots and trajectories.

• How has a coordinate system been used throughout history?

Originally used to divide land into districts.

Greece, 350 b.c., Appolonious plotted points that were a fixed distance away from a
given point to form a circle.

A grid has been used to make maps and survey land.

Pierre de Fermat in 1630, plot relationships between unknown points.

• What new mathematics became available because of the use of analytic

geometry (and the perpendicular y-axis)?

Helps with negative numbers (provided a boundary between positive and

negatives).

Can represent more than one variable at a time now. Can use this to find areas and
lengths.

Can represent functions, this also led to discoveries in Calculus.

Platonic Solids

• What are the names/properties of the Platonic Solids?

Tetrahedron (4 sides)

Dodecahedron (12 sides)

Icosahedron (20 sides)

Hexahedron (Cube) (6 sides)

Octahedron (8 sides)

All the faces are the same regular shapes. Every vertex has the same number of faces
meeting (number of edges as well).

The angles at each vertex must add to less than 360 degrees (or else it’ll be flat.)

Symmetry around each vertex.

At least three faces must meet at each vertex.

• What associations did the Pythagoreans make with these solids?

4 elements

Tetrahedron (4) -> Fire (looks like a triangle/four necessities for fire)

Hexahedron (6) -> Earth (belief earth was flat/set on a surface, won’t roll/six major
land forms on Earth)

Octagedron (8) -> Air

Icosahedron (20) -> Water (most spherical, most likely to roll out of your hand)

Dodecahedron (12) -> Universe

• What is the distinction between Platonic solids and Archimedean Solids?

Archimedean solids have the same properties as Platonic solids, but the faces don’t
all have to be the same one shape. Each type of shape has to be congruent to all of
the same shapes in the figure.
 Lesson Planning

Grade Level: 4th grade

Topic: Egyptian Multiplication

Objective: Students will be able to show a deeper understanding of multiplication by

being able to complete problems using Egyptian multiplication and then use “standard”
algorithm to check their answers.

Description: After learning the basic algorithm for the multiplication students will work
together to solve in pairs Egyptian multiplication problems. They will be asked to check
to see if they got the right answers and then explain why their answer is correct.
 Lesson Planning

Grade Level: 4th grade

Topic: Egyptian Multiplication

Objective: Students will be able to show a deeper understanding of multiplication by

being able to complete problems using Egyptian multiplication and then use “standard”
algorithm to check their answers.

Description: After learning the basic algorithm for the multiplication students will work
together to solve in pairs Egyptian multiplication problems. They will be asked to check
to see if they got the right answers and then explain why their answer is correct.