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Quadratic Inequalities: By: Maria Zafarabadi

This document discusses the history and definitions of linear and quadratic inequalities. It begins by defining a linear inequality as an expression involving one variable and defines a quadratic inequality as an expression involving one variable squared. It then provides a brief history of the development of symbols used in inequalities as well as mentions that ancient Babylonians and Hindus developed early algebraic methods to solve problems now known as quadratic equations. The document concludes by defining a sign chart and methods for solving both single and systems of quadratic inequalities.

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Quadratic Inequalities: By: Maria Zafarabadi

This document discusses the history and definitions of linear and quadratic inequalities. It begins by defining a linear inequality as an expression involving one variable and defines a quadratic inequality as an expression involving one variable squared. It then provides a brief history of the development of symbols used in inequalities as well as mentions that ancient Babylonians and Hindus developed early algebraic methods to solve problems now known as quadratic equations. The document concludes by defining a sign chart and methods for solving both single and systems of quadratic inequalities.

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QUADRATIC

INEQUALITIES
By: Maria Zafarabadi
What is a Linear Inequality?

■ To understand what Quadratic Inequality is, we need to understand what a Linear


Inequality is first.
■ An inequality in one of the forms

for the real numbers A and B, a ≠ 0, is called a Linear Inequality in two variables.
Examples
What is a Quadratic Inequality?

■ An inequality in one of the forms

for the real numbers a, b and c, a ≠ 0 is called a Quadratic Inequality in two


variables.
Examples
Thomas Harriot

■ The signs for greater than (>) and less than (<) were
introduced in 1631 in “Artis Analyticae Praxis ad
Aequationes Algebraicas Resolvendas.” The book
was the work of British mathematician, Thomas
Harriot, and was published 10 years after his death
in 1621. The symbols actually were invented by the
book’s editor. Harriot initially used triangular
symbols which the editor altered to resemble the
modern less/greater than symbols. Interestingly,
Harriot also used parallel lines to denote equality.
However, Harriot’s equal sign was vertical (II)
rather than horizontal (=).
Pierre Bouguer and John Wallis

■ The symbols for less/greater


than or equal to (< and >) with
one line of an equal sign below
them, were first used in 1734 by
French mathematician, Pierre
Bouguer. John Wallis, a British
logician and mathematician,
used similar symbols in 1670.
Wallis used the greater than/less
than symbols with a single
horizontal line above them.
A little History

■ It is often claimed that


the Babylonians (about
400 BC) were the first
to solve quadratic
equations. This is an
over simplification, for
the Babylonians had no
notion of 'equation'.

What they did develop was an algorithmic approach to solving problems which, in our
terminology, would give rise to a quadratic equation. The method is essentially one of completing
the square. However all Babylonian problems had answers which were positive (more accurately
unsigned) quantities since the usual answer was a length.
Euclid and Brahmagupta

■ In about 300 BC Euclid developed a geometrical approach which, although later


mathematicians used it to solve quadratic equations, amounted to finding a length
which in our notation was the root of a quadratic equation. Euclid had no notion of
equation, coefficients etc. but worked with purely geometrical quantities.

■ Hindu mathematicians took the Babylonian methods


further so that Brahmagupta (598-665 AD) gives an,
almost modern, method which admits negative quantities.
He also used abbreviations for the unknown, usually the
initial letter of a colour was used, and sometimes several
different unknowns occur in a single problem.
What is a Sign Chart?

■ To understand how to solve a


Quadratic Inequality, we need to
understand what a Sign Chart is.
■ A Sign Chart is a chart that
indicates what the sign will be of
the result of a mathematical
operation between two unknowns.
■ Find the Discriminant
To solve a Quadratic Inequalities
■ Draw a sign chart
■ Write the solution as an interval

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System of Quadratic Inequalities

■ A system which has more than one Quadratic Inequality is called a System of Quadratic
Inequalities.

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To Solve Systems:

■ Solve Inequalities separately


■ Draw the Sign Chart for the System if Inequalities
■ The solution will be the part where the two inequalities intersect
■ 'One day' from Pirates of the Caribbean, 'Chevelairs de Sangreal' - the Da Vinci code,
'You're so cool' - True Romance and 'like a dog chasing cars' would enrich this list.
THE END

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