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Rhind Papyrus - CORRECT ANSWER- 87 problems concerned with practical problems
Significance of the Rhind Papyrus - CORRECT ANSWER- Included the Method of False position,
multiplication and division procedures, and unit fractions.
Ahmes - CORRECT ANSWER- Wrote the Rhind Papyrus
Pythagorean theorem - CORRECT ANSWER- a^2+b^2=c^2
Euclid - CORRECT ANSWER- Wrote The Elements; wrote a theorem similar to fundamental
theorem of arithmetic
The Elements - CORRECT ANSWER- Deductive system based on
definitions and axioms from which theorems could be proven.
, Significance of The Elements - CORRECT ANSWER- THE geometry curriculum for 2,000 years,
introduced the axiomatic method. Wrote theorem very similar to fundamental theorem of
arithmetic.
Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic - CORRECT ANSWER- Every natural number greater
than 1 can be expressed as a product of prime numbers in a unique way apart
from the order in which the prime factors might be written.
Axiomatic method - CORRECT ANSWER- Using definitions, axioms (postulates), and
propositions (theorems) to solve a problem.
Ptolemaic model of the universe - CORRECT ANSWER- geocentric model
Copernican model of the universe - CORRECT ANSWER- heliocentric model
The Condensed Book on the Calculation of al Jabr and al Mugabala - CORRECT ANSWER- First
book written about Algebra
Significance of The Condensed Book on the Calculation of al Jabr and al Mugabala - CORRECT
ANSWER- highly practical, used to solve real life problems that were part of everyday life in the
Islam empire at that time
al Jabr - CORRECT ANSWER- Reunion
al Mugabala - CORRECT ANSWER- Reduction