Quadratic Equations

BY Ghayour Khan

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....

Islamic Mathematics

BY Ghayour Khan

Al-Khawrizmi The Islamic Empire established across Persia, the Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa, Iberia, and in parts of India in the 8th century made significant contributions towards mathematics. Although most Islamic texts on mathematics were written in Arabic, most of them were not written by Arabs, since much like the status of Greek in the Hellenistic world,...

الجبرا

BY Ghayour Khan

الجبرا آزاد دائرۃ المعارف، ویکیپیڈیا سے ریاضیات کی ایک شاخ الجبرا جس میں مطالعہ کیا جاتا ہے ریاضیاتی عالجوں کا، اور وہ اشیاء جو ان سے بنائی جا سکتی ہیں، جس میں اصطلاحات، کثیر رقمی، مساوات، اور الجبرائی ساختیں شامل ہیں۔ ہندسہ، تحلیل، وضعیت، تراکیب، اور نظریہ عدد، کے ساتھ الجبرا خالص ریاضی کا بڑا حصہ ہے۔ ثانوی تعلیم میں ابتدائی الجبرا نصاب کا حصہ ہوتا ہے جس میں اعداد کی...

Maths History

BY Ghayour Khan

People seem compelled to organize. They also have a practical need to count certain things: cattle, cornstalks, and so on. There is the need to deal with simple geometrical situations in providing shelter and dealing with land. Once some form of writing is added into the mix, mathematics cannot be far behind. It might even be said that the symbolic approach precedes and...

What is Mathematics

BY Ghayour Khan

Definitions: Mathematics: The study of the measurement, relationships, and properties of quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols. Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and calculus are branches of mathematics. The systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically. A group of related...

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