I thought it was interesting to read about how Muhammad ibn Musa alKhwarizmi introduced the concept of decimal positioning notation. I wonder what led him to use a base 10 system.
I was also interested to read about how Islamic art played a big role in the development of geometry. I think this shows how creative math can be. Math can be both beautiful and practical as these designs at applications in creating borders and infinite designs.
Once again, I am led to reflect on how mathematics is a shared human history and a beautiful example of people building off of other ideas and furthering the field based from their personal and cultural knowledge. More concise geometrical constructions and proofs were developed by Ibn Sinān and Muslim mathematicians with inspiration from the Greeks.
Hi Christine, I agree, it is interesting to find out just how connected geographic areas are by mathematics--like it is a shared human endeavour. Which, in math education, has implications for culturally responsive approaches, in my mind.
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