Choose one (1) of the following topic questions, write a report and make a presentation. Explain in your own words and give your reasoning. You must provide substantial reasoning. Please, give the page numbers of your online textbook or some web links to support your answer.
Did Descartes make Geometry hip and Trigonometry modern? (Analytical Geometry)
Was Gauss really complex when it came to Trigonometry? (complex numbers)
- Was Archimedes a broken man of Trigonometry without even knowing it? (Chords/Identities)
- Did Euler get involved with Trigonometry exponentially? (Euler’s Formula)
- Did Gibbs dot his (i)s and cross his (t)s when he produced his vectors? (vectors and physics)
- Did Hipparchus let the stars guide him to Trigonometry? (Chords and Transversals)
- How did Pythagorus help his followers gain identities? (Right Triangle Identities)
- Was Aryabhata (Links to an external site.)a thief or did he just follow the signs to Siddhantas (Links to an external site.)?(Sine values).
- Please, include factual information about the mathematical topic and mathematician, as well as your opinions about the topic. Your report should be one page in length with 3 paragraphs. The first paragraph should introduce the mathematician with some interesting stories about his/her life and his/her path to mathematics. The second paragraph should focus on the mathematics mentioned in the research question. The third paragraph should be your opinion about the mathematician, the mathematics presented, and the importance of the mathematician’s focus in mathematics, other fields of study, and science.
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