i wanna c who can answer this......who were those who initiated mathematics....which is now a very prominant subject for all innocent humans like us....
2006-07-20 02:38:14 · 9 answers · asked by mysty 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
You can't really attribute mathematics to one person, or even one group of people. Humans have always tried to quantify their possessions through addition and subtraction, whether they realized it was math or not.
Much of our modern basic math, however, does attribute to Arabs. They invented our base 10 number system as well as the concept of zero.
Basic geometry is commonly attributed to Euclid of Greece (which is why you take Euclidean Geometry in high school).
Calculus was discovered simultaneously by Isaac Newton and Leibniz around the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Several other mathematicians can be attributed specific proofs or even branches of mathematics, but the list is quite long.
2006-07-20 02:46:53 · answer #1 · answered by MeteoMike 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The first known mathematics is a wolf bone with tally marks on it that dates to about 50,000 BC. More is known about early mathematics of the Egpytians and Babylonians which date to about 10,000-3000 BC. These were two of the first civilizations, and as people started to live in cities, they realized that they needed mathematics to resolve problems of daily life.
2006-07-20 02:45:03 · answer #2 · answered by Alexander Khan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no longer each human being should be sturdy in math nor will they be. as long as they can bypass and not in any respect fail, it is nice. Donlt worry in the journey that they don't look the perfect in math or in the journey that they try. contained in the lengthy time period, it quite would not count number. considering the fact that leaving college, there have been very few situations the position i mandatory to apply algebra, geometry or calculus in my daily existence. And a similar is authentic for most individuals. in the journey that they can upload, subtract, divide, multiply, artwork some with decimals, % and fractions, they're ok. And in the journey that they comprehend the thanks to coach on the calculator, also they're ok. So don;t worry in the journey that your little ones at the prompt are not einstein's in math. to procure by, and also you likely also struggled in math.
2016-11-06 21:16:23 · answer #3 · answered by bhupender 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mathematics is the discipline that deals with concepts such as quantity, structure, space and change. It evolved, through the use of abstraction and logical reasoning, from counting, calculation, measurement and the study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Mathematicians explore these and related concepts, aiming to formulate new conjectures and establish their truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions.
Knowledge and use of basic mathematics is widespread, as it has been over history. Refinements of basic ideas are visible in ancient mathematical texts originating in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and ancient India, with increased rigour introduced by the ancient Greeks. From this point on, the development continued in short bursts until the Renaissance period of the 16th century where mathematical innovations interacted with new scientific discoveries leading to an acceleration in understanding that continues to the present day.
Mathematics is used throughout the world in many fields, including science, engineering, medicine and economics. These fields both inspire and make use of new discoveries in mathematics. New mathematics is also created for its own sake, without any particular application in view, a common practice in the branch known as pure mathematics.
The word "mathematics" is often abbreviated math in the U.S. and Canada and maths in Britain, Ireland and many Commonwealth countries.
History
The evolution of mathematics might be seen to be an ever-increasing series of abstractions, or alternatively an expansion of subject matter. The first abstraction was probably that of numbers. The realization that two apples and two oranges have something in common, namely that they fill the hands of exactly one person, was a breakthrough in human thought. In addition to recognizing how to count physical objects, prehistoric peoples also recognized how to count abstract quantities, like time — days, seasons, years. Arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division), naturally followed. Monolithic monuments testify to knowledge of geometry.
Further steps need writing or some other system for recording numbers such as tallies or the knotted strings called quipu used by the Inca empire to store numerical data. Numeral systems have been many and diverse.
From the beginnings of recorded history, the major disciplines within mathematics arose out of the need to do calculations relating to taxation and commerce, to understand the relationships among numbers, to measure land, and to predict astronomical events. These needs can be roughly related to the broad subdivision of mathematics, into the studies of quantity, structure, space, and change.
Mathematics since has been much extended, and there has been a fruitful interaction between mathematics and science, to the benefit of both. Mathematical discoveries have been made throughout history and continue to be made today. According to Mikhail B. Sevryuk, in the January 2006 issue of the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, "The number of papers and books included in the Mathematical Reviews database since 1940 (the first year of operation of MR) is now more than 1.9 million, and more than 75 thousand items are added to the database each year. The overwhelming majority of works in this ocean contain new mathematical theorems and their proofs.
Hope you can the idea.
2006-07-20 02:53:06 · answer #4 · answered by Sherlock Holmes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mathematics have always been around. Egyptians studied mathematics, French, but the most widely recognized would be the Greeks.
2006-07-20 02:44:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arithmetic was formed by the ancient Egyptians, and Algebra was developed by the Moors (who almost took over Spain between about 780 and 1492 AD).
2006-07-20 02:41:28 · answer #6 · answered by saxophonegamer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Math sucks?
Look at it like this:
If there was no math, you wouldn't be able to ask this question, because you wouldn't have a computer, because there wouldn't be any software to tell computers what to do................
And no Cell Phone, and no ITunes, and no Digital Camera - you get the drift.
2006-07-20 02:50:58 · answer #7 · answered by Marianna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it was the arabic yes im pretty sure it was them...
and i 100% agree with you i HATE MATH witha firey passion of a thousand suns!!!!!
i hate it its useless i doubt i will need math for my inteded major of dental hygine.
who cares what x is its a letter!!!
that is why im here answerin this question cos i would rather be on yahoo answers than do this math work for this math class.
MATH SUCKS!
2006-07-20 02:41:52 · answer #8 · answered by moogleliz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
god created numbers and remaining is done by human.
2006-07-20 02:56:36 · answer #9 · answered by rajesh bhowmick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋