Writing extra credit assignment

To qualify for extra credit, you may not have missing assignments! Make them up before March 4th.

Every culture on earth has developed some mathematics. In many cases, this mathematics has spread from one culture to another. Now there is one predominant international mathematics, and this mathematics has quite a history. You will investigate the mathematical inventions, contributions, and discoveries of a specific civilization in history.

These are the possible civilization that can be the subject of your assignment:

Babylonian Mathematics
Ancient Egyptian Mathematics
Indian Mathematics
Ancient Greece
Chinese Mathematics
Arabic Mathematics
European Mathematics
Mayan Mathematics

You can also choose to research the evolution of important Mathematical theorems, facts and discoveries over the years.
These are the possible subjects of your assignment:

The history of π
The history of the numbers: natural, integers, rational, irrational, and complex number
The history of trigonometry
The history of differential calculus


Requirements:

- Your assignment has to be written (not typed)
- Heading of your assignment includes: your name, title, date, period, grade, and all your sourses.
- No late work is accepted, this is an extra-crecit opportunity for /30 points.
- If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to shoot me an e-mail: lbrashear@musd20.org
- This assignment is due on Monday 16th of March.
- No missing assignments. Make your missing assignments up before March 04!


Writing is fundamental to mathematical research at all levels. Obviously, mathematicians write to convey their ideas to others, but they also write in all stages of investigating a problem to clarify their own ideas and finish the details. Students will engage in writing to give them deeper insight into how mathematicians work.