Talk:False position method
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[edit] Removal dd 4 Febraury 2005
I removed the text because I found it impossible to justify. Calculus is not needed to arrive at the idea of secant lines. The linear problems mentioned in the Nine Chapters do not use secant lines; in fact, I would argue they do not use the false position method either but linear interpolation. Finally, I could not find any evidence in History of calculus and Moscow and Rhind Mathematical Papyri that the Egyptians developed calculus, except for the false statement that one needs calculus to calculate the volume of a frustum. -- Jitse Niesen 18:18, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Egyptian mathematics
To the editor with IP address 209.150.67.45: Could you please explain (or give references explaining) how the ancient Egyptians used the false position method? The example in Egyptian mathematics suggests that given an equation ax = b, they try one value, say y, compute ay and compare the result with b to get the solution. I am trying to understand the differences with the method of double false position as used by the Chinese. Thanks, Jitse Niesen 10:24, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Rule of False Position?
How does the method described in this article fit in with the "method of false position" described at [1] and [2]? Do we need to say something here about other uses of the terminology? Tom Harrison Talk 20:53, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, it should be mentioned, perhaps via a disambiguation page. I think that the methods are related, but the rule of false position described on the web pages you mention is considerably less sophisticated. I haven't found a good reference on this though. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 12:15, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] different visualisation
is anyone interested in integrating this into the article? i find it looks a bit nicer than the old one...
- 212.117.72.126: It is "do it yourself" around here. Why not add it yourself, if you think that it is good. But I would not remove the old diagram, if I were you. JRSpriggs 04:52, 1 June 2006 (UTC) P.S. You should give copyright information (who created it and confirmation that he/she gave permission) even for diagrams posted on talk pages like this one.
