A Brief History of Algebraic Notation
| Autor: | Lynn Stallings |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
media_common.quotation_subject Symbolic computation Notation Mathematical notation Education Algebra Symbol Mathematics (miscellaneous) History and Philosophy of Science Rhetorical question Multiplication Algebraic number Steinhaus–Moser notation Engineering (miscellaneous) Mathematics media_common |
| Zdroj: | School Science and Mathematics. 100:230-235 |
| ISSN: | 0036-6803 |
| Popis: | This paper traces three major stages in the development of algebraic notation: rhetorical or prose, syncopated, and symbolic. The. development of algebra began in Babylonia and Egypt around 1700 BC. Examples of rhetorical algebra by al-Khowârizmi are used to illustrate potential difficulties that arise when algebraic problems are worked using words without symbols. Greek mathematician Diophantus was one of the pioneers of syncopated algebra. In this stage of notation, some shorthand was used along with prose. Indian mathematicians developed a syncopated algebraic notation independently of Diophantus. Around 1500 BC, symbolic algebra began to develop. The process of the development of a standardized, efficient symbol system is illustrated by tracing the evolution of some common symbols, including the symbols for equals, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. |
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