Greek Geometry (b) | Math History | NJ Wildberger

Insights into Mathematics
Insights into Mathematics
55.2 هزار بار بازدید - 13 سال پیش - The ancient Greeks loved geometry
The ancient Greeks loved geometry and made great advances in this subject. Euclid's Elements was for 2000 years the main text in mathematics, giving a careful systematic treatment of both planar and three dimensional geometry, culminating in the five Platonic solids.
Apollonius made a thorough study of conics: ellipse, parabola and hyperbola. Constructions played a key role, using straightedge and compass.

This is one of a series of lectures on the History of Mathematics by Assoc. Prof. N J Wildberger at UNSW.

Video Contents:
00:00 Introduction to Greek Geometry
00:30 Apollonius (200 BC)- Conic sections
07:16 Pole and Polar
10:50 Determining  the polar line
12:48 If X lies on the polar line of Y, then Y lies on the polar line of X
15:10 Cone approach to conic sections (Dandelin-19th Century)
19:42 Pappus (100 AD)
21:34 Pappus' theorem (projective geometry!)

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Here are all the Insights into Mathematics Playlists:

Elementary Mathematics (K-6) Explained: playlist
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Year 9 Maths:   Year9Maths
Ancient Mathematics: Ancient Mathematics
Wild West Banking: Wild West Banking
Sociology and Pure Mathematics: Sociology and Pure Mathematics
Old Babylonian Mathematics (with Daniel Mansfield): playlist
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Math History: MathHistory: A course in the History ...
Wild Trig: Intro to Rational Trigonometry: WildTrig: Intro to Rational Trigonometry
MathFoundations: Math Foundations
Wild Linear Algebra: Wild Linear Algebra
Famous Math Problems: Famous Math Problems
Probability and Statistics: An Introduction: Probability and Statistics: an introd...
Boole's Logic and Circuit Analysis: Boole's Logic and Circuit Analysis
Universal Hyperbolic Geometry: Universal Hyperbolic Geometry
Differential Geometry: Differential Geometry
Algebraic Topology: Algebraic Topology
Math Seminars: MathSeminars
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And here are the Wild Egg Maths Playlists:

Triangle Centres: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TRIANGLE CENTERS
Six: An elementary course in pure mathematics: Six: An elementary course in Pure Mat...
Algebraic Calculus One: Algebraic Calculus One
Algebraic Calculus Two: Algebraic Calculus Two
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