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Africa Mathematics by Rgp92: 7:06pm On Aug 10, 2011 |
How come there was not a single great black mathematics ? |
Re: Africa Mathematics by odumchi: 5:19am On Aug 11, 2011 |
Alvan Ikoku - Nigerian Igbo mathematician. He is found on the N10 |
Re: Africa Mathematics by Rgp92: 8:01am On Aug 11, 2011 |
But that was after the whiteman. was there any black mathematics before the whiteman? forget egypt and sudan for now. |
Re: Africa Mathematics by PhysicsQED(m): 8:04am On Aug 11, 2011 |
Augustin Banyaga and Wilfrid Gangbo are pretty good. David Blackwell was great. Don't know if there are any others. |
Re: Africa Mathematics by Rgp92: 8:42am On Aug 11, 2011 |
PhysicsQED: They are good but not ancient. Do you know any ancient black mathematicians ?:O |
Re: Africa Mathematics by PhysicsQED(m): 9:42am On Aug 11, 2011 |
There were a few in Timbuktu (Mali) from what I've read. There's some sort of project going on right now which is translating some of the written works found in Timbuktu. http://www.islandmix.com/backchat/f6/libraries-timbuktu-166732/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/pf/62936533.html http://www.eurastro.de/missions/mali07/mali07.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuktu_Manuscripts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Timbuktu-manuscripts-astronomy-mathematics.jpg There was also some Fulani scholar from Northern Nigeria who wrote something on magic squares a few hundred years ago. |
Re: Africa Mathematics by Rgp92: 9:58am On Aug 11, 2011 |
PhysicsQED: Thanks for the link mate |
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