Greek Mathematics
What was the time period of Greek Mathematics and what region?
600 BCE- 400 CE: Eastern mediterranean, cyprus, parts of turkey and southern Italy.
What was the evidence of Greek Maths as a public activity. Include 2 examples.
1) The Roman Fresco of Plato's academy 380-83 BCE. 2) Vases which show imagery of women weaving, discussing and reading; potentially discussing mathematics? The death of Hypatia. Lysias 399 BCE: "convicted him further of having
recovered seven talents and four thousand
drachmae of bottomry loans, and she produced
the record of these… She also proved that he had
recovered a hundred minae which had been lent
at interest on land mortgages"
what are the values of zeta, omnicron and chi
7, 70 and 600
what is the number system of greek maths?
base 10 number system NOT place value.
When were the timelines of Pythagorous, Plato, Euclid and Diophantus?
570 BCE, 400 BCE, 320 BCE and 200 CE
What is the communication style of greek maths: philosphical or rigid?
Philosphical - conveyed through story telling.
what was the target audience of mathematics?
highly educated - able to debate and challange the concepts. Evidence including Plato's academy.