HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS

By Surya.T.K , Ebi Sherwin.X , Sreenivasan.S

Index
✿ Introduction
✿ Who invented Mathematics ?
✿ Evolution of Mathematics
Introduction to Mathematics
✿ The word “mathematics” comes from the Greek “mathema.” Its meaning is
knowledge.
✿ The Greek mathematicians are credited with developing mathematics.

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Do you know the

Evolution of Mathematics
At a very beginning

COUNTING
The Sumerians were the first civilisation to have
developed a counting system. It is a common
belief amongst many scientists that some of the
oldest and most basic mathematical functions,
such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division have been used for over 4,000 years
Ancient way of counting
Counting in bones

In Prehistoric times, Counting

was done by ancient people by
representing check marks on
bones

ISHANGO BONE
Counting Evolution

Ancient Inscriptions Counting developed in

Counting using fingers
Abacus
First Equation ?

The earliest true mathematical documents date to

the 12th Dynasty (c. 1990–1800 BC). The
Moscow Mathematical Papyrus, the Egyptian
Mathematical Leather Roll
Geometry
The ideas of Geometry and Numerology was
developed by Greek mathematicians around 600 -
300 BCE. One of such famous mathematicians
was Euclid.

This was book published by Euclid named Elements or Euclidean Algorithm

 MORE ABOUT THE EUCLID'S BOOK
" ELEMENTS "

It also develops the idea of Cryptography

It has 13 chapters

He made it when he was teacher in Alexandria, collected

his famous treatise

This contains the world's understanding of geometry

 Cryptography

Techniques that ensure communication in the presence of hackers

when putting sensitive informations
 Found by Sulbasuthras
around 800 BCE - 500 BCE
were manuals of geometrical
constructions
 Sriyantra - Nine interwoven
isosceles triangles found by
Atharvaveda
Do you know who invented the Zero
Aryabhatta

Actually the number zero was first introduced in

India around 628 BC in 5th century
How do these symbols discovered ?
Inventor of Equal sign

The equal sign was invented by the

mathematician Robert Recorde
REPEATED ADDITION
REPEATED SUBTRACTION
Who is Thales ?

A Greek mathematician Thales is credited with

giving the first known proof. This proof was of the
statement that the circle is bisector by its
diameter
Introduction to Algebra

In golden age of Islam, Persians made first look an

Algebra.

Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi

Archimedes found the value of pie
Chinese invented negative numbers around 200 BCE
Do you how fraction are discovered ?
Invention of fraction
✿ The Egyptians used Egyptian fractions c. 1000 BC.
✿ About 4000 years ago, Egyptians divided with fractions using slightly different
methods.
Invention of rational numbers
✿ Pythagoras is indeed an early Greek mathematician who has been best known for
inventing rational numbers.
✿ We may also state that any percentage is indeed a rational value if the
denominators, as well as numerators, seem to be integers and also the
denominator isn't really equivalent to zero.
Invention of irrational numbers
✿ The discovery of irrational numbers is usually attributed to Pythagoras, more
specifically to the Pythagorean Hippasus of Metapontum, who produced a (most
likely geometrical) proof of the irrationality of the √2
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