Was Mathematics developed by Islamic nations?

Question

The Greeks used terms like 'Deca' for 10, 'Hecto' for 100, 'Kilo' for 1000, 'Mega' for Million etc. up to 'Yotta' for 10 followed by 24 zeros. This is an example to large numbers. They have names for smaller numbers too. 'Deci', Centi', 'Milli', etc. If Islam really discovered the use of Maths then their system would have original words from an Arabic language. If anyone has knowledge of this please reply.

Answer 1

DEFINITELY India developed mathematics first. They developed the system of counting, decimal, fractions and zero. The most famous mathematician was Aryabhatta. Ancient Indians knows the terms but they have different words for the terms. Deca word derived from Indian Dash - proven by language researchers.

Answer 2

There is some dificulty in finding which islamic nation copied mathematical philosophy from which and from whom.?Mathematic systems had existed before the Global flood of the EArth according to Discovered Clay tablets records.Mathematics is a system of developement that you use on a basis of neccessity. Any one can develop a mathematical system that would suit a particular purpose.
However there has to be a need for it. As civilization has become more complicated so has the need for mathematical system.
So mathematics follows a formula of evolution.

Answer 3

Maths is a huge subject which spans several disciplines. Certainly, when one thinks of trigonomety, one always thinks of the greeks (pythagaros, euclid)
We use arabic numberals, and it is commonly thought that the number '0' was invented in the Islamic world.

So the answer is 'Yes and No'. The Islamic people are not responsible for Maths as a whole,. but they did make some very useful contributions.

Answer 4

Mathematics began being developed before anyone started caring. Mathematics is still being developed. Anyone claiming to be resopnsible for developing mathematics is lying.

We do use arabic numerals, which make mathematics a lot easier than roman numerals. (Try multiplying CXCVLIV by XLVII without converting to arabic numerals first!) Arabic numerals were developed when Christianity was still a shady cult with about 30 followers, and Islam hadn't even been thought of. So even though the geography is correct, I believe the definition of a country is more to do with its inhabitants than the actual land.

Answer 5

Simple mathematics has been used in prehistoric times for ritual and practical purposes, but I do not think that we were referring to that...
Usually we consider that mathematics comes from the greeks because the first known man to formalize mathematics as a system to obtain true assertions from axioms through logic was Thales.
That said, we can say that arabs "invented" modern mathematics introducing algebra: while Greeks thinked in terms of geometric forms, arabs used abstract quantities (using the notation inherited from India) and generic systems: they were discussed in the book called "Al-jabr wa'l muqabalah" (Algebra...) written by al-Kuwarizmi (from which comes the word Algorithm).
Two annotations: first, the Greeks believed their geometry came from the Egyptians, who themselves expanded the results obtained by Babylonians; second, during the Dark Ages, most of the mathematical knowledge of the Greeks was lost in christian Europe (seems like monks would rather spend time copying bibles than treaties), and for many works only the arabic translations survived

Answer 6

You are an idiot, sir.
Modern day mathematics was indeed inspired by early mathematicians in the middle east. Ancient Greece got in on the act as they were a major trader with these nations and part of the old "silk route" out of China. Our number system 0-9 comes from "arabic". I think you'll find that "centi" etc originate from latin.

You are an idiot because Islam nor Christianity didn't exist at the time, so stop clouding the issue.

Answer 7

Our 'modern' system of algebraic notation was first developed by the Arabs. In fact, the word 'algebra' comes from the Arabic 'al-gabr' which means 'to calculate'. The Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi wrote a very famous book titled 'Al-Kitab al-Jabr wa-l-Muqabala' (meaning "The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing") in the early 9'th century and in it he introduced many of the algebraic conventions that we still use. Many scholars believe that the word 'algorithm' was derived from al-Khwarizmi.

And, as several others have pointed out, many people from many countries have made significant contributions to mathematics.

Interestingly, nobody has mentioned the Chinese. Probably their best-known contribution is the 'Chinese Remainder Theorem' from Number Theory, but there were several others as well.


Doug

Answer 8

All groups independently discovered mathematics.

Some groups indepenently discovered some things first. Then others later

Some groups independetly discovered some things then spread that information before others could develop it themselves.

But to answer your question- the words we use have little to do with who discovered it. It happened so long ago that it could not possibly affect what it is called today in a language that didnt even exist then!

Answer 9

Maths was "developed" by these nations... but why bring relgion into it? They certainly didn't invent it.

Maths has been around far longer than religions. The Islamic scholars certainly have made significant contributions to the development of mathematics, but I don't think it had anything to do with the religion.

Also, it is utter bullsh|t to claim that India is the greatest or some such rot as I see over and over again in these answers.

Answer 10

As far as I know, algebra was, if not invented, then developed by Arab mathematicians. These also probably happened to belong to the Muslim religion.
In the same manner the relativity theory was developed by Einstein, who happened to be Jewish.
Evolution theory was thought out by Charles Darwin, who happened to belong to the Anglican Church.
Vincent van Gogh created great works of art. He also happened to be a member (even a preacher) of a Calvinist Religion.

Does all this mean that the great inventions, theories and works of art were created by the religions their authors happened to belong to? Ridiculous.

There is no relation between religion and creative thinking.