African mathematics: from bones to computers
This comprehensive text on African Mathematics addresses some of the problematic issues in the field, such as attitudes, curriculum development, educational change, academic achievement, standardized and other tests, performance factors, student characteristics, cross-cultural differences and studie...
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Lanham, Md. [u.a.]
Univ. Press of America
2012
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| Zusammenfassung: | This comprehensive text on African Mathematics addresses some of the problematic issues in the field, such as attitudes, curriculum development, educational change, academic achievement, standardized and other tests, performance factors, student characteristics, cross-cultural differences and studies, literacy, native speakers, social class and differences, equal education, teaching methods, ...--P. [4] of cover |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-220) General introduction -- Beginnings: mathematics of bones -- Geometry south of the Sahara -- Numbers -- Beginnings of written mathematics: Egypt -- The Maghrebian tradition -- Combinatorics and African applications -- Vector calculus and African applications -- The Fourier transform and African applications - Mathematical tiling/tessellation and African applications -- Bifurcations and African applications -- Fractals -- African-centered automated generation of metadata -- General conclusion: access to mathematics versus access to the language of power: lessons from the struggle in South African multilingual mathematics classrooms |
| Beschreibung: | V, 220 S. 23 cm |
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From Bones to Computers
Abdul Karim Bangura
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF AMERICA,® INC
Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK
Contents
1 General Introduction 1
2 Beginnings: Mathematics of Bones 11
3 Geometry South of the Sahara 16
4 Numbers 33
5 Beginnings of Written Mathematics: Egypt 41
6 The Maghrebian Tradition 50
7 Combinatorics and African Applications 60
8 Vector Calculus and African Applications 84
9 The Fourier Transform and African Applications 96
10 Mathematical Tiling/Tessellation and African Applications 111
11 Bifurcations and African Applications 120
12 Fractals 145
13 African-centered Automated Generation of Metadata 156
14 General Conclusion: Access to Mathematics versus Access
to the Language of Power: Lessons from the Struggle in
South African Multilingual Mathematics Classrooms 188
Bibliography 203
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