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Papers On Mathematics
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Issues in Mathematical Decidability
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This 8 page paper looks at the definition of decidability and then answers some specific questions posed by the student to do with its use and interaction in calculus. The bibliography cites 5 sources
Filename: TEdecida.wps
John Napier / The Creator of Logarithms
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A 9 page research paper on the life, works, and mathematical contributions of John Napier (1550-1617) -- the man most commonly associated with the creation of Logarithms. Napier also developed methods for multiplying and dividing small rods known as Napier's Bones, a device that was the forerunner of the slide rule. Some sample equations and a glossary of terms (defined) are included. Bibliography lists 12+ sources. Napier.wps *A 10 page version of this report is also available with more personal analysis as
Filename: Napier2.wps
John Napier / The Creator of Logarithms
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A 9 page research paper on the life, works, and mathematical contributions of John Napier (1550-1617) -- the man most commonly associated with the creation of Logarithms. Napier also developed methods for multiplying and dividing small rods known as Napier's Bones, a device that was the forerunner of the slide rule. Some sample equations and a glossary of terms (defined) are included. Bibliography lists 12+ sources.
Filename: Napier.wps
Jordanus Nemorarius And Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci
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A 3 page paper that reports some of the contributions made to mathematics by these two early 13th century mathematicians. Jordanus, for instance, substituted letters for numbers and Fibonacci brought the decimal system to his world. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGjrfb.RTF
Josiah Willard Gibbs
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This 15 page paper provides a biographical sketch
of the life of Josiah Willard Gibbs, the great American mathematician
and professor at Yale. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KTjsgibb.wps
Kinetics
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A 5 page paper which provides a general summary of kinetics, and considers the evolution of kinetic theory. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TGkinetc.rtf
Life and works of Euler
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A paper which looks at the life and works of the mathematician Leonhard Euler, and his contribution to the different fields of science, technology and mathematics in Europe in the eighteenth century. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: JLeuler.rtf
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