| Abstrakt: |
The Asia, mathematics in United Nations classification of southeastern Asia includes Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. Throughout history, the countries of Asia have had shifting political and social boundaries, and the names of many countries have changed over time, especially from the European colonial eras of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—when Western historians often began to study and document these countries—into the twenty-first century. For example, Burma became known as Myanmar; Siam became Thailand; Malay or Malaya became Malaysia; the Dutch East Indies or Netherlands East Indies and Java became Indonesia; and French Indochina included Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Singapore was also part of Malaysia for a brief time in the 1960s, and the two regions share many historical developments. China and India, which have long histories of mathematics work and achievement, also had an influence in this region of the world. Therefore, mathematics contributions of some people from southeastern Asia, may be included within the histories of other regions or countries. |
