Modern numbers are called Arabic numbers, so.....
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India
first in India but from Irabic numerals
Arabic numerals were fist developed by mathematicians in India. This happened around 500 AD, with the exception of the numeral zero which came about in 4 BC.
Michael J. Bradley has written: 'Modern mathematics' -- subject(s): Mathematics, Mathematicians, Biography, History 'The age of genius' -- subject(s): Mathematicians, Medieval Mathematics, Biography
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Pythagoras-Irrational numbers such as sqrt(2) Leonard Euler-Modern definition of function Archimedes-Volume of a cone Blaise Pascal-Pascal's Triangle
Leopold Infeld has written: 'Whom the gods love' -- subject(s): Mathematicians, Biography 'Albert Einstein' -- subject(s): Science, Physicists, History 'World in Modern science'
sumedh and atul
People such as Einstein and other modern day scientists and mathematicians
It was invented in prehistoric times and has evolved as our understanding and needs developed.From natural (counting) numbers to the set of integers, to rational numbers (fractions) to real numbers (incorporate irrational numbers), to complex numbers and then quaternions. The last of these, which even many mathematicians will not have come across in their work, were formally introduced to the world of mathematics by Hamilton in 1843.