The numbers that we use for counting are called the natural numbers. These are the first numbers that were invented, and are so named because they are a natural experience of reality: if you see apples on the ground, whatever their quantity happens to be, it will be a natural numbers. In set notation we […]
The Tangent Problem
The word tangent itself is derived from the Latin word tangens, which means “touching.” In mathematics and in geometry, a tangent line is a line drawn that touches a curve at an angle perfectly parallel to that particular section of the curve. (The curve can be anything to a drawn circle on a page, or […]