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  title info:
    title: Introduction to cultural mathematics
    sub title: with case studies in the Otomies and the Incas
  name:
    name part: Gilsdorf, Thomas E.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nju
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 287 pages) : illustrations
  abstract: "The topic of cultural mathematics (also called ethnomathematics) is a fascinating topic about the human aspects of mathematics, and it is easy to ask readers to participate in the topic by thinking about mathematics from their own perspectives. This book has two main parts, and Part I consists of several chapters that describe the major concepts of cultural mathematics. The topics include: cultural aspects of mathematics, numeration and number symbols, kinship relations, art and decoration, games and divination, and calendars. Part II includes two chapters consisting of case studies. The cultures studied are the Otomies of central Mexico and the Incas of South America. In these chapters, the concepts from Part I are applied to the particular culture, in order to put all the concepts together in one context. Each chapter concludes with exercises, followed by further notes about the topics discussed in that chapter. Hints and comments about the exercises are also provided at the end of the book. This book is roughly at the level of a reader who has taken college algebra; however, the most important prerequisite is an interest in the connections between mathematics and culture"--
  table of contents: Front Matter -- General Concepts. Understanding the Culture in Mathematics -- Numeration Systems -- Number Gestures and Number Symbols -- Kinship and Social Relations -- Art and Decoration -- Divination -- Games -- Calendars -- Case Studies. Part Introduction -- H̨̃h̨u Math: The Otomies -- Tawantinsuyu Math: The Incas -- Hints to Selected Exercises -- Bibliography -- Index.
  note: Thomas E. Gilsdorf.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
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    geographic code: s------
  subject:
    topic: Ethnomathematics
  subject:
    topic: Incas
    topic: Mathematics
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Incas
    topic: Social life and customs
  subject:
    topic: Otomi Indians
    topic: Mathematics
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Otomi Indians
    topic: Social life and customs
  subject:
    topic: MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy
  classification: GN476.15 .G55 2012eb
  classification: 510
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Introduction to cultural mathematics
    name:
      name part: Gilsdorf, Thomas E.
    origin info:
      publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012
    identifier: (DLC) 2011036452
    identifier: (OCoLC)754727791
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    title info:
      title: Wiley Online Library
  identifier: 1118194160 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 9781118194164 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 10.1002/9781118194164 Wiley InterScience
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: DG1
    record creation date: 120504
    record change date: 20210728124844.0
    record identifier: in00002782340
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng