Mathematics on 17th Century

Mathematics on 17th Century

CONTENT:

To summarize this century, 17th century also came with the renaissance period. This period was also one of intense activity and innovation in mathematics. Advances in numerical calculation, the development of symbolic algebra and analytic geometry, and the invention of the differential and integral calculus resulted in a major expansion of the subject areas of mathematics. With Johannes Kepler, John Napier, Galileo, René Descartes, and Isaac Newton.

In the wake of the Renaissance, the 17th Century saw an unprecedented explosion of mathematical and scientific ideas across Europe, a period sometimes called the Age of Reason. Hard on the heels of the “Copernican Revolution” of Nicolaus Copernicus in the 16th Century, scientists like Galileo Galilei, Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler were making equally revolutionary discoveries in the exploration of the Solar system, leading to Kepler’s formulation of mathematical laws of planetary motion.

René Descartes has been dubbed  the "Father of Modern Philosophy", but he was also one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution of the 17th Century, and is sometimes considered the first of the modern school of mathematics.

Descartes’ ground-breaking work, usually referred to as analytic geometry or Cartesian geometry, had the effect of allowing the conversion of geometry into algebra (and vice versa). Thus, a pair of simultaneous equations could now be solved either algebraically or graphically (at the intersection of two lines). It allowed the development of Newton’s and Leibniz’s subsequent discoveries of calculus. It also unlocked the possibility of navigating geometries of higher dimensions, impossible to physically visualize - a concept which was to become central to modern technology and physics - thus transforming mathematics forever.

EXPERIENCE:

SELF. When I was little, I only learn about the basic topics and operation of the Mathematics. Just like the centuries, as the generations pass by, the more knowledge will be added. Like me, as I step into my high school life, a broader mathematics to learn about.

FAMILY. In the 17th century, Science was connected to mathematics, so in my family when we do computations and estimating especially that we have bakery we need to undergo analytic process to decide in a certain plan, just like what the mathematics and sciences do.