Hypotheses

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 * I. Hypotheses
 * II. Assignment **

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Deductive reasoning is the set of logical ideas, which are able to build a strong argument to conclude and give explanation to situations that require analysis and thought of ideas to resolve them. Otherwise, inductive reasoning instead of generating conclusions directly, its lets the facts defining the conclusions in themselves, as they occur.

===2. Please visit the following page and read the text "Geometrical proportions of the Egyptian Pyramids" then find and extract the hypotheses in it. There are 6 hypotheses in the text extract 5 and explain how you found them. [|Geometrical proportions of the Egyptian Pyramids.doc]===

The Hypothesis are:

1. **//I can not result the detailed analysis of all Egyptian Pyramids and consequently I bring the description only for pyramid of Cheops as this pyramid the most significant. But nevertheless the analysis of geometrical proportions of other Egyptian Pyramids can be made in comparison with pyramid of Cheops.//** 2. **//In different sources of the information there are different data on size of the Egyptian cubit, but I think that the size of the Egyptian cubit is equal to 466 millimeters that is taken from sources of the information which the authentic from my point of view, as it is anthropometrical size of a human "elbow" (forearm + palm + fingers).//**

3. **//Probably, the concrete ratio of diameters of a living circle in the geometrical drawing of the Cheops' pyramid has other sizes about which I can not tell anything certain as more exact calculations are necessary for this purpose.//** 4. **//It is possible to assume, that the ratio of diameters of a living circle in the geometrical drawing of the Cheops' pyramid turns out as a result of transformation of the living circle when size of the line TA is precisely equal to size of lines CE, DF, LJ, MK.//**

5. **//It is possible to speak that magnitudes of the Egyptian Pyramids have fixed sizes of measurements which allow understanding structure of world around, and allow to apply "Great Egyptian Measures" to designing environmental space and for an arrangement of the objects of the human world created by people.//**

I could get these hypotheses, because the sentences containing words like "It is possible", “Can be made”, “I think” or “Probably” that, they express possibilities or ideas, which should not necessarily be true. The author expresses these ideas to develop their points of views.

===3. Look for any mathematical hypothesis and put it in your wiki. Please make sure you cite the source properly so that you do not commit plagiarism. Explain whether the hypothesis you are explaining is deductive or inductive and give reasons to your explanation.===

 ** Mayan Civilzation (extract) ** // The Maya were very interested in //// [|zenial passages] ////, the time when the //// [|sun] // // passes directly overhead. The //// [|latitude] // // of most of their cities being below the //// [|Tropic of Cancer] ////, these zenial passages would occur twice a year equidistant from the //// [|solstice] ////. To represent this position of the sun overhead, the Maya had a god named //// [|Diving God] //// .[ //// [|citation needed] //// ] // // The //// [|Dresden Codex] // // contains the highest concentration of astronomical phenomena observations and calculations of any of the surviving texts (it appears that the data in this codex is primarily or exclusively of an astronomical nature). Examination and analysis of this codex reveals that //// [|Venus] // // was the most important astronomical object to the Maya, even more important to them than the sun.” //  The explanation of this hypothesis is inductive, because their theoretical bases are being taken by other research conducted by scientists  which  they have succeeded in defining logical theories according to their findings.
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 * // “Uniquely, there is some evidence to suggest the Maya appear to be the only pre-telescopic civilization to demonstrate knowledge of the //****// [|Orion Nebula] //** **// as being fuzzy, i.e. not a stellar pin-point. //**// The information which supports this theory comes from a folk tale that deals with the Orion constellation's area of the sky. Their traditional //// [|hearths] // // include in their middle a smudge of glowing fire that corresponds with the Orion Nebula. This is a significant clue to support the idea that the Maya detected a diffuse area of the sky contrary to the pin points of stars before the telescope was invented. //// [|[23]] // // Many preclassic sites are oriented with the //// [|Pleiades] // // and //// [|Eta Draconis] ////, as seen in //// [|La Blanca] //// , //// [|Ujuxte] //// , //// [|Monte Alto] //// , and //// [|Takalik Abaj] //// . //