HELP I am a philosopher not a mathematician!

Am I blind? I din see a list.

Not that I know anything about math, but I know a guy who knows a guy.

sorry my cut and paste skills are out the window today =/
retyping :

6/14/2006 : Overview of the tremendous changes in mathematics in the 19th century : Non-euclidean geometries : Questions pertaining to the foundations of mathematics

6/21/2006 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Fundamental theorem of algebra
theory of complex numbers

6/28/2006 karl Weierstrass: Analysis
Ausust Mobius: Analytic geometry: Topology

7/5/2006 William Rowan Hamilton: Quaternions
Linear Associative algebra and logic

7/12/2006 Henri Poincare:
Mathematical physics :
Automorphic functions
Differential equations
topology
probability theory
foundations of mathematics

7/19/2006 continuum of real numbers
Richar Dedekind
Georg Cantor: set theory : theory of transfinite numbers

7/28/2006 Areas of mathematics established in the 19th century that were of major significanse in the 20th century
set theory
mathematical logic

I'm pretty sure the lack of responses are due to a few things:

First and foremost.. jesus fucking christ. This topic alone would make me throw myself off a building.
I think I can only help you with one of those areas, albeit in an abstract manner.
Myself I'm a history major, with an ambition to be unemployed and/or working for home depot for way too long.

Anyways, you pretty much have to know those topics and their practical application in the real world (if any).



So whatever set theory and mathematical logic is used for.. go with it. Take an arguementative stance that these developments helped/fostered/started/whatever something in the modern era. One thing that I ussauly try to do is make something seem more important then it really is. So in this case these developments might have be a domino effect in the math world (lol).

Anyways in general for your 7 presentations aside from the actual presentation values that you must have (speaking clear and confident, seeming knowledgable and whatnot) you should also have a gameplan for each.

I say keep it simple stupid. So what development / mathematical device invention is (Ie how it works), how it was developed, and how it functions and works int he real world (ie: why is it important). I see that you have it based on individual math dudes, which is fine. I'm pretty sure though that some equations and math theories are not always the result of the work of a single man, so you might have to mention refinements and changes by other men. If need be you can also to a short backstory on these main dudes, but I think the focus should be on the math stuff, not the people behind them.

Thanks Elvaiz, good point, I did my first persentation yesterday and it went well. My prof did say the same thing to focus more on the math and though I can and should give credit where credit is due not too focus too much on the dudes. He did also say I need to present more proofs and real life models/ oh yay =/

he was impressed with presentation skills and was amazed when that an hour went by so that was cool.

Thanks again,

and anyone who cares to know

Euclidean geometry = stuff we are taught in school . i.e. the sum of all internal angles of a triangle = 180 degrees / the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

Non-euclidean geometry goes HA you know nothing!

take for example :

you decide to go for a walk one morning, you walk 10mi south, then 10mi west, then 10mi north and you end up back at your front door!

Woah how ?

Blink blink

well what if I told you, you live on the North Pole, well then everything makes sense.

You take curvature into account and you can have a traingle with > than 180 degrees because the two bases are 90 to begin with and the top angle > than 0.

Euclidean geometry = flat plane
Non-Euclidean takes into account curvature= i.e. spheres/ universe / spacetime

=D for anyone who wants to know =D

*curls into a fetal position and cries* Math hurts my head!! You have my deepest, most heartfelt sympathies for such a completely useless and stupid topic being given to you. Honestly, who gives a crap about it besides nerdy mathematicians?

I read that and was like 'wow, that's actually really interesting and sounds like something I would have enjoyed in school; especially learning about the dudes.'

Then I read Temp's post and ran away and cried.

lol i actually love this stuff and i love being challenged to learn stuff i dont think i would get and veri it is interesting!! i will you guys update on my progress for all those nerdy mathematicians

teh calculus makes me giggle... after I push it in the mud puddle of despair and run away.

bah don't mind me y'all, I hate math with a passion that knows no bounds. I was your typical super straight A's honors student who totally did NOT get it when I got to algebra and geometry.. it just would not compute in my brain *sigh*

you lost me after help" .... :(