NATS1920, Assignment 8 Due : March. 19 by 11:59pm This assignment is cumulative. It covers material from the entire course. 1. Consider the following list of mathematicians. Place them on a timeline,...

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NATS1920, Assignment 8 Due : March. 19 by 11:59pm This assignment is cumulative. It covers material from the entire course. 1. Consider the following list of mathematicians. Place them on a timeline, and for each, state one of their contributions to mathematics (1-2 words is sufficient). [14 marks] 1. Euler 2. Leibniz 3. Euclid 4. Pythagoras 5. Cardano 6. Newton 7. Archimedes 2. We have discussed the approximation of π in this class (over and over). List two mathematicians that have approximated π and very briefly describe the method they used (1 sentence is sufficient) [4 marks]. 3. Why was Hippasus murdered? Remember he was thrown into the sea for his mathematical discovery, what was that discovery. (write no more than 4 sentences) [3 marks] 4. How did Eratosthenes approximate the circumference of the earth in 240BC? Please keep your answer brief. [3 marks] Page 1 of 2 NATS1920, Assignment 8 Due : March. 19 by 11:59pm 4. Match each image with one of the i-vii below: [7 marks] (i) Lune (ii) Egyptian Numerals (iii) Harmonic Series (iv) Cubic Function (v) Babylonian Numerals (vi) Fibonacci Sequence (vii) Pascals Triangle a) b) c) A O B C D d) {1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21,… } e) f) 1 + 1 2 + 1 3 + 1 4 +⋯ g) Page 2 of 2