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History of Mathematics The Language of The Universe
History of Mathematics The Language of The Universe
History of Mathematics The Language of The Universe
In this small summary we will discuss some topics about how the
language of mathematics is evolving. We will also talk a little about
Egypt, its cultures, about how we can see mathematics. There we will
see the first signs that emerged in that place.
We see how in Egypt they counted, we also see that at that time they
had a decimal system that used the 10 fingers of the hands and that the
numbers were expressed with symbols but the numerical system of that
region was defective but the numerical system had nothing to do with
what brilliant they were with mathematics solving problems
We can see that the first to use the binary system were the Egyptians.
They also used the mathematical system to count the daily pay that each
person received, so they had no problem with the workers. The first
paper that was used to do the mathematical operations was the king
papyrus later they developed what today is the fractions
We also see the Babylonian system as it was, we can also see that it is
very different from that of the Egyptians. They used the knuckles of their
hands to count. We also see that they were the first to give different
measurements to the number 60, that 60 seconds was a minute, 60
minutes is an hour. this number being the perfect basis for arithmetic
We can also see how Pythagora discovered how music had to do with
mathematics, the different tones of the instruments had a mathematical
value.