Physical Meaning Often Leads to Natural Derivations in Elementary Mathematics: On the Examples of Solving Quadratic and Cubic Equations

Authors

Christian Servin, El Paso Community CollegeFollow
Olga Kosheleva, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Vladik Kreinovich, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow

Publication Date

3-1-2022

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Technical Report: UTEP-CS-22-42

Abstract

Usual derivation of many formulas of elementary mathematics -- such as the formulas for solving quadratic equation -- often leave un unfortunate impression that mathematics is a collection of unrelated unnatural trick. In this paper, on the example of formulas for solving quadratic and cubic equations, we show that these derivations can be made much more natural if we take physical meaning into account.