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What symbol did the Ancient Greeks use for an unknown quantity in mathematics?
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∙ 11y ago
Well, I'm sure just as people do now, they probably used one of the letters in their language... After all, the Ancient Greeks started the concept of mathematics and physics.
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∙ 11y ago
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