African mathematics : from bones to computers / Mamokgethi Setati, Abdul Karim Bangura.

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Main Author: Phakeng, Mamokgethi Setati, 1966-
Other Authors: Bangura, Abdul Karim, 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : University Press of America, ©2011.
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505 0 |a General Introduction -- Beginnings: Mathematics of Bones -- Geometry South of the Sahara -- Numbers -- Beginnings of Written Mathematics: Egypt -- The Maghrebian Tradition -- Combinatorics and African Applications -- Vector Calculus and African Applications -- The Fourier Transform and African Applications -- Mathematical Tiling/Tessellation and African Applications -- Bifurcations and African Applications -- Fractals -- African-centered Automated Generation of Metadata -- General Conclusion: Access to Mathematics versus Access to the Language of Power -- Bibliography. 
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