Ancient Greek and Egyptian Mathematics
Use the McClellan and Dorn text as your starting point and effectively use other scholarly sources.
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Discussion on Ancient Greek and Egyptian Mathematics
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Introduction
Even though ancient Greek and Egyptian civilizations significantly contributed to mathematics, their approaches and philosophies diverged considerably. There is considerable disagreement between the two camps regarding their understanding of how cognitive processes occur concerning deduction in the brain (McClellan & Dorn, 1999). Ancient Greeks developed mathematical theories that made sense, like Euclid and Pythagoras. When compared, the ancient Egyptian approach to mathematics was more pragmatic, placing more value on practicality and actual outcomes.
Discussion
The ability to reason logically and pursue reasonable solutions, including the concept of deduction, was crucial to the development of mathematics in ancient Greece. Euclid's "Elements," in which he explains Euclidean geometry in detail, clearly illustrates the theory (de Freitas & Sinclair, 2020). The concept of deduction in Greek mathematics relied heavily on geometric proofs that began with axioms and postulates to support their deductive arguments. (Karim et al., 2022). Most of the time, Egyptian Mathematicians used deductive reasoning to solve specific problems instead of showing general geometric theorems.
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