I don't think they are neglected, and I hope I have not slighted them---in my earlier talks I discussed the importance of some of their contributions. However it is understandable that from a European mathematical perspective distant cultures tend to not be represented as much as they ought to be--this also goes for Chinese mathematics. That is why it is valuable for students to learn history--they can get a wider view not solely focussed on their own cultural background.
Nice. Very few out of focus. The problem with Aristotle Mechanic was not actually to suppose that velocity and forces were "dependant",...because they are! But that they were PROPORTIONAL. That was his WRONG guess, that lasted...2000 years, blocking strongly science development. And it's somehow abusive to speak of "Hindu arabic numbers" since Al Khwarismi himself write his first book on previsely "The Hindu arithmetic system and numbers", of not only the 10 Hindu numerical symbols but more widly actioning the position decimal system. It is not even clear for how long AFTER Al Khwarismi Book, did the califats mathematicians (persian, turkhmen, arabs, alexandrian, maghrebine, etc), continue using THEIR number system essentialy made of letters alike the Greeks. So by taking the words of Al Khwarismi himself and historian evidence, it seems fair to give to the Hindu alone the full invention of the 10 arithmetic symbols, including the ZERO "0" by which their revolutionary position system could Spring...from "nothing" ("Hindu Vacuity" : the devine Mother of ALL incarnated ALIVE beings, "animated" or "inanimated" !)
I don't think they are neglected, and I hope I have not slighted them---in my earlier talks I discussed the importance of some of their contributions. However it is understandable that from a European mathematical perspective distant cultures tend to not be represented as much as they ought to be--this also goes for Chinese mathematics. That is why it is valuable for students to learn history--they can get a wider view not solely focussed on their own cultural background.
Thank you for videos, Dr. Wildberger!
@linusisu Thanks for the clarification.
Really nice talk! .. but note that the G in Tartaglia is silent.
Which book are you following sir?
@Yousef More or less John Stillwell's book on the History of Mathematics
HI tywebbOOOOO,
Thanks for that correction. It would be better for me to have said that Euler popularized the use of Pi.
Nice. Very few out of focus. The problem with Aristotle Mechanic was not actually to suppose that velocity and forces were "dependant",...because they are! But that they were PROPORTIONAL. That was his WRONG guess, that lasted...2000 years, blocking strongly science development.
And it's somehow abusive to speak of "Hindu arabic numbers" since Al Khwarismi himself write his first book on previsely "The Hindu arithmetic system and numbers", of not only the 10 Hindu numerical symbols but more widly actioning the position decimal system.
It is not even clear for how long AFTER Al Khwarismi Book, did the califats mathematicians (persian, turkhmen, arabs, alexandrian, maghrebine, etc), continue using THEIR number system essentialy made of letters alike the Greeks.
So by taking the words of Al Khwarismi himself and historian evidence, it seems fair to give to the Hindu alone the full invention of the 10 arithmetic symbols, including the ZERO "0" by which their revolutionary position system could Spring...from "nothing" ("Hindu Vacuity" : the devine Mother of ALL incarnated ALIVE beings, "animated" or "inanimated" !)