Revisiting Zeno's Paradoxes: The Evolution of Number Line Models (Pedagogy of Mathematics Series)

by Aileen Velázquez, Omar Hernandez, Jorge Marcial Lopez

Zeno's four paradoxes epitomize the natural tension between discrete and continuous mathematical thinking and succeed in challenging human basic intuitions about space and time. Sorting out the difficulties posed has taken close to twenty-two centuries, and has required the work of the best minds of humankind. Our argument is that Zeno's paradoxes are paradigmatic of the problems that ensue when discrete models are used in lieu of continu- ous ones...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534990224
• ISBN13: 9781534990227
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.2" x 8.5"