Mathematics, which originated from the early production activities of human beings, is one of the six ancient arts in China. It was also regarded as the starting point of philosophy by ancient Greek scholars. Mathematics was first used for people's counting, astronomy, measurement and even trade needs. These needs can be simply summarized as the study of structure, space and time in mathematics; The study of structure begins with numbers.
Generally speaking, the development history of mathematics can be divided into four stages according to mathematics itself, that is, four essentially different development periods, and the beginning of each new period is marked by outstanding scientific achievements, which determine the transition of mathematics to an essentially new state.
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The Significance of Mathematics History to Mathematics Education
The history of mathematics has a very important position and value in mathematics education. It is an important content of mathematics education, the key to cultivating mathematics ability and implementing mathematics quality education, and a very meaningful and even indispensable tool for mathematics education.
It can enliven the classroom atmosphere, stimulate students' interest in learning mathematics, cultivate students' innovative spirit, let students know the application value and cultural value of mathematics, improve students' comprehensive cultural quality through the education of mathematics history, help students establish scientific quality and cultivate good scientific spirit.
In the education of history of mathematics, interspersed with relevant mathematical stories can play an encouraging and exemplary role, reveal the tortuous course of mathematics development, cultivate students' exploration spirit, recall mathematicians' success or failure in teaching, draw useful lessons, test historical mathematics thinking methods and strengthen mathematics quality education.
Baidu Encyclopedia-History of Mathematics Development