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MODULE 6 ASSIGNMENT 1: How The Konigsberg Bridge Problem Changed Mathematics

This document discusses how the Konigsberg bridge problem changed mathematics. It talks about how Euler theorized that there could be a way to represent the bridges using graphs, which led to the discovery of graph theory. The document also discusses how the author previously thought graphing was overwhelming but now sees how it can be applied to simple logic problems. It raises questions about whether Euler was the only one to propose graph theory and how he was able to theorize and apply it, and if it faced any criticism.

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MODULE 6 ASSIGNMENT 1: How The Konigsberg Bridge Problem Changed Mathematics

This document discusses how the Konigsberg bridge problem changed mathematics. It talks about how Euler theorized that there could be a way to represent the bridges using graphs, which led to the discovery of graph theory. The document also discusses how the author previously thought graphing was overwhelming but now sees how it can be applied to simple logic problems. It raises questions about whether Euler was the only one to propose graph theory and how he was able to theorize and apply it, and if it faced any criticism.

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MODULE 6 ASSIGNMENT 1: How the Konigsberg Bridge Problem Changed Mathematics

1. Three things that I significantly learned from the video clip:

“Attempting to explain why” is the bridge to creating a new Mathematics that didn’t quite

exist yet. This bridge problem took me back to the first modules. It reminded me of the fact

that Mathematics is nature and it has always been there as a language and as a way of life. It

was just waiting to be discovered by a mind curious enough. Euler is the man who thought

there was “something” that wasn’t quite there but was there. The word “might be” was the

way to give passage to the graph theory that we have today. It was the uncertainty that

something phenomenal was discovered. I also learned that riddles and all the mind games

we’ve been playing were games that involved precise math and a little big of common sense

and logic to solve. It wasn’t always as complicated, but a hint of imagination could lead to

drawing a graph, a passage and a new Mathematics for proving theories and putting into

imagery an equation or a series of patterned numbers.

2. Three things that are still unclear to me

It is unclear to me how a seemingly impossible problem was made to have a

solution. It was unclear to me how the Eulerian method was applied in this bridge. The

coincidence of the war and the bomb dropping to give way to the knowledge of the concept

of the odd and even to and from passageway for the graph theory was too good to be true.

But overall, Ted talks and education always effectively explains concepts and paradoxes in a

short and precise manner.

3. I used to think that


Graphing was the most overwhelming piece of Mathematics regardless it hasn't

change. Graphing was a method for putting a picture from an idea and additionally condition.

Geometry was fun and everything except the Analytical and the charting made it

overwhelming. Once in a while, however, I don't understand this profoundly hypothetical

application is being utilized in straightforward personality games and questions. It was

entrancing to have the option to know and comprehend that there is an approach to take care

of these issues rather than simply utilizing your rationale. It would at present and consistently

lead you back to the end that Mathematics was nature that is simply there, holding back to be

found by the tireless inquisitive personality.

4. Three questions that I want to ask about the video

I would like to ask the questions that I am unclear about. Was Euler the only

Mathematician that solely proposed this graph theory? How was he able to theorize and

apply this graph theory and how was is accepted as a new type of geometry? Wasn’t it

subjected to criticism?

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