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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mathematical term refers to a function that preserves distinctness by never mapping distinct elements of its domain to the same element of its codomain?
(a) Bijective function.
(b) Injective function.
(c) Derivative function.
(d) Differential equation.

2. The ancient Mayans used a numeral system that was based on what increment?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 3.

3. In what year was Albert Einstein awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his “discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect”?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1927.

4. Bernhard Riemann was able to show how to generate the geometry for what, according to the author in Chapter 6, “Infinity’s Twin”?
(a) Light waves.
(b) Non-Euclidean spaces.
(c) Differential equations.
(d) Sound waves.

5. In what written work did Aristotle describe Zeno of Elea’s paradox of motion?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Physics.
(d) Theatre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author refer to as “zero’s twin” in the book?

2. The Rayleigh–Jeans law agrees with experimental results at large wavelengths but strongly disagrees at short wavelengths. What is this inconsistency known as?

3. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that India adopted a Babylonian style number system around what century?

4. The antiparticle of the electron is called what?

5. According to the author in Chapter 6, “Infinity’s Twin,” geometry shows that mathematically the north and south poles of spheres do what?

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