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Evidence of some mathematical knowledge, but contribution to modern arithmetics only evident in the Ptolemaic Period
3200 BC. - Hieroglyphics writing and counting on stones
2700 BC. - The earliest fully developed base 10 numeration system.
2700 BC. - Precision Surveying in Giza pyramids a remarkable feat of engineering
1800 BC. - Moscow Mathematical Papyrus, formula for volume of frustum
1800 BC. - Hieratic numerals drawn on papyrus
1650 BC. - Rhind Mathematical Papyrus - geometry, algebraic equations and arithmetic series
1300 BC. - Berlin Mathematical Papyrus - 2nd order algebraic equations
280 BC. - Ptolemaic Period, Euclid excelled in plane geometry, His most popular work, Elements, is one of the most successful textbooks in the history of mathematics. Within it, the properties of geometrical objects are deduced from a small set of axioms, thereby founding the axiomatic method of mathematics
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Major contributions to the development of modern mathematics
400 BC. - Decimal notation of numbers used universally today
Trigonometric functions of sine and cosine
528 A.D. - Aryabhatiya calculated the value of Pi at 3.1416
628 A.D. - Brahmagupta discovered one of the most important concept in all of mathematics, the numerical zero and negative numbers
1350 A.D.- The floating point system in Kerala School of mathematics
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| Number System |
Systems were not well suited for arithmetical calculations, addition of numerals was quite satisfactory, multiplication and division were
essentially impossible.
Since trade required dealing with fractions, multiplication and division, Egyptians devised methods of multiplication and division which only involved addition.
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Hindu-Arabic numerals are considered an important milestone in the development of mathematics. |
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