MTE1501 Assignment 2
2024 (366844) - DUE 13
June 2024
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, MTE1501 Assignment 2 2024 (366844) - DUE 13 June 2024
Question 1 (10)
Are the following statements true or false? Where the statement is false, make
it to be true.
1.1 Euclid is the Pythagorean school and contributed to philosophy and the
study of proportion, plane, and solid geometry.
1.2 Zeno of Elea proposed that a unit has magnitude and is infinitely divisible.
1.3 Base 100, the ancient Greek numeral system, was also known as the Attic
or Herodianic numeral system.
1.4 Plato has one of his longest and clearest mathematical discussions in
Phaedo.
1.5 In his works, Socrates dealt in some detail with mathematical questions in
the early 4th century 300 BCE.
False. Euclid was an individual mathematician, not a school of thought like the
Pythagoreans. He did, however, contribute significantly to the study of proportion,
plane geometry, and solid geometry, all of which are now referred to as Euclidean
geometry.
Here's the corrected statement:
• Euclid was an ancient Greek mathematician who is considered the "Father of
Geometry" for his contributions to the study of proportion, plane geometry,
and solid geometry, now known as Euclidean geometry.
1.2. False. Zeno of Elea was a pre-Socratic philosopher famous for his paradoxes
challenging the idea of motion and divisibility. He argued that a unit cannot have
magnitude and is indivisible.
Here's the corrected statement:
• Zeno of Elea proposed that a unit cannot have magnitude and is indivisible,
leading to his paradoxes on motion and divisibility.
1.3. False. The ancient Greek numeral system was not base 100. It was a complex
system using letters for numbers, and base 100 was not a common characteristic.
2024 (366844) - DUE 13
June 2024
[Company address]
, MTE1501 Assignment 2 2024 (366844) - DUE 13 June 2024
Question 1 (10)
Are the following statements true or false? Where the statement is false, make
it to be true.
1.1 Euclid is the Pythagorean school and contributed to philosophy and the
study of proportion, plane, and solid geometry.
1.2 Zeno of Elea proposed that a unit has magnitude and is infinitely divisible.
1.3 Base 100, the ancient Greek numeral system, was also known as the Attic
or Herodianic numeral system.
1.4 Plato has one of his longest and clearest mathematical discussions in
Phaedo.
1.5 In his works, Socrates dealt in some detail with mathematical questions in
the early 4th century 300 BCE.
False. Euclid was an individual mathematician, not a school of thought like the
Pythagoreans. He did, however, contribute significantly to the study of proportion,
plane geometry, and solid geometry, all of which are now referred to as Euclidean
geometry.
Here's the corrected statement:
• Euclid was an ancient Greek mathematician who is considered the "Father of
Geometry" for his contributions to the study of proportion, plane geometry,
and solid geometry, now known as Euclidean geometry.
1.2. False. Zeno of Elea was a pre-Socratic philosopher famous for his paradoxes
challenging the idea of motion and divisibility. He argued that a unit cannot have
magnitude and is indivisible.
Here's the corrected statement:
• Zeno of Elea proposed that a unit cannot have magnitude and is indivisible,
leading to his paradoxes on motion and divisibility.
1.3. False. The ancient Greek numeral system was not base 100. It was a complex
system using letters for numbers, and base 100 was not a common characteristic.
