MATH 274 Midterm: MATH274 BOYLE-M FALL2007 0101 MID EXAM 3

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Math 274 fall 2007 exam 4: (a) (5 points) this parisian cleric (ca. What was the name of this man? (b) (10 points) this same man also explained divergence and convergence of some in nite series in terms of pictures. Give such a picture proof explanation for one of these two (your choice which). Your proof can be sketchy (no pun intended?) if i see you have the basic idea: (5 points) around 800 a. d. , caliph al-mamun established the house of wisdom, an. Islamic center of mathematics and scholarship for centuries. Wisdom: (5 points) algebra was called the cossic art in europe in the 1500"s. Why: (10 points) which of the following contained the rst printed occurence of two parallel horizontal lines to represent equals ? (a) the bible (b) the whetstone of witte (c) Ars magna (d) the rubaiyat (e) a book of al-khwarizmi.