Nigeria: In Jigawa - One Is Greater Than Six

16 February 2013
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According to the 9th century ancient Persian Philosopher, Abu Abdullahi Muhammad Ibn Musa Alkhwarizimi, the man who was globally referred to as the father of Mathematics, in his book, 'Al Kitab al muhtasar fil hisabil jabir wal muqabala' (the book of summary concerning calculations by transposition and reduction) in which the theory and formula of algebra and algorithm were invented, postulated that figure two is greater than figure one, however, one thousand two hundred years after the invention of that theory, the people of Jigawa state, in Nigeria in the 21st century discovered yet another formula which suggest that figure one is even greater than figure six, this therefore, 'faulted' the ancient philosophers' formula, describing his submission as not in tandem with the present day calculations, at least in their state.

In the new theory discovered collectively by the people of the state, said while algorithm formula found the value of fictitious x and y, the Jigawans said their new found formula was based on the performance of the Governor of the state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, and concluded that the formula used in algorithms' to arrive at the submission that two is greater than one is 'not correct' and therefore, untenable in their curriculum.

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