False position method an approximation that can be successively improved by iteration. The simple false position technique is found in cuneiform tablets from ancient Babylonian mathematics, and in papyri from ancient Egyptian mathematics. Double false position arose in late antiquity as a purely arithmetical algorithm. In the ancient Chinese mathematical text called "The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art" (九章算術), dated from 200 BC to AD 100, most of Chapter 7 was devoted to the algorithm. There, the procedure was justified by concrete arithmetical arguments, then applied creatively to a wide variety of story problems, including one involving what we would call secant
Mark Francis (soccer) as its women’s soccer coach, a position he holds today. Francis has led Kansas to three NCAA Tournaments, and won the Big 12 in 2004. Mark Francis (soccer) Mark Francis (born in London, England) was an English-American soccer midfielder who played in the American Soccer League, American Indoor Soccer Association, SISL and USISL. He has also coached at the high school, college and professional levels. He is currently the women's head coach of the University of Kansas. Francis attended Southern Methodist University, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1983 to 1987. During his four seasons, he was a three