Math History

The concept of zero as a placeholder and a numeral originated in ancient civilizations such as the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, and Mayans. However, the modern form of zero as we know it today was developed in ancient India, particularly by mathematicians like Brahmagupta and Aryabhata in the 5th century. It eventually spread to the Arab world and Europe, shaping the development of mathematics and numeral systems.

The number of rooms that castles had were an indication of ones wealth in medieval times. Names were given to many of them to identify how they were used. Among them are the Great Hall, Lord's room, Tower Keep, Ladies chamber, Lord's chamber, the Solar, the Wardrobe, the Throne room, Minstrel's gallery, Bower, and the Buttery

The flat surfaces on a pyramid are called faces. A pyramid has one base and triangular faces that meet at a single point called the apex. On a cube or rectangular prism, the flat surfaces are called faces as well. But unlike a pyramid, a cube has six square faces, while a rectangular prism has two rectangular bases and four rectangular faces.

The unit number after octillion is nonillion.

A function that maps an input onto itself is called an identity function. In other words, the output of the function is the same as the input. The identity function is represented by the equation f(x) = x.

Yes, the Arabs did learn the concept of zero from India. During the early 9th century, the Arab mathematician, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, introduced Indian numerals and the concept of zero to the Arab world. This knowledge eventually spread to Europe and became the basis for the modern numeral system we use today.

If you mean Pythagoras's Theorem, the traditional answer is Pythagoras, somewhere around 550 BC.

Pythagoras started a mathematical tradition that continued until about 400 BC, and either Pythagoras or one of his followers in the tradition proposed the theorem. Unfortunately esentially no writings from that time survive, so we don't know exactly who was responsible.

[Note: In my country BC is the common usage; in yours it may be BCE.]

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First, multiply the original number by 10. Then multiply the original number by 2. Add the two answers that you got and you have just multiplied by 12.

For Example: 7x12=(7x10)+(7x2)

70+14

84

The concept of a number line has been used by mathematicians for centuries, so it is difficult to attribute its invention to a specific individual. However, the number line as we know it today was popularized by a German mathematician named Georg Cantor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Cantor's work on set theory and the continuum helped to solidify the use of the number line as a visual representation of the real numbers.

The Arabic numbers are the usually written as numbers in English:0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., and 9.

These numbers were invented by Arabs. The philosophy of their invention is that the number of angels for each number is corresponding for the number. 0 is of zero angel. 1 has one angel. 2 has two angels, 3 has three angels, 4 has four angels, ... etc.

One major historical event that occurred during Johannes Kepler's lifetime was the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). This devastating conflict was fought primarily in Europe, involving numerous nations and resulting in immense death and destruction. Kepler lived through the early stages of the war before passing away in 1630.

One fourth of 32 is 8.

Well what we call 'The Natural Numbers' kind of always existed. All civilisations have had numbers and maths. What changed over the years is the representations, the Romans used roman numerals like XLCVIII, the ancient Aztecs used knots in string. The digits we use today 0,1,2 etc. are known as Arabic numerals which, confusingly, originated in India about 2300 years ago.

Either intersecting lines or perpendicular lines

A pyramid has a single polygonal face as its base.

Greek numbers were first used about 3,000 years ago in ancient Greece. The Greek numeral system, also known as Attic numerals, was developed during this time and was in use until the adoption of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system in the late Middle Ages.

To subtract fractions, you need to find a common denominator. The common denominator for 10 and 4 is 20. So, rewriting the fractions with a denominator of 20, we get 6/20 - 5/20 which equals 1/20.

The history of pi dates back to ancient civilizations, such as the Babylonians and Egyptians, who approximated the value of pi. The first accurate calculation of pi was made by the Greek mathematician Archimedes in the 3rd century BC. The symbol for pi was introduced by the Welsh mathematician William Jones in the 18th century, and it has since become one of the most important mathematical constants in mathematics.

Mathematics plays a crucial role in science as it provides the language and tools to describe, model, and analyze natural phenomena. It allows scientists to formulate hypotheses, develop theories, and make predictions. Furthermore, mathematics helps in designing experiments, collecting and analyzing data, and drawing meaningful conclusions from the results.

No, a hexagon has six sides. A side is a straight line segment that connects two vertices.

Whitfield Diffie is one of the creators of public key cryptography in the 1970's. Martin Hellman and Ralph Merkle were the others. Together they created the company RSA to bring encryption products to the marketplace.

Leonhard Euler]

If Gauss is the Prince, Euler is the King. Living from 1707 to 1783, he is regarded as the greatest mathematician to have ever walked this planet. It is said that all mathematical formulas are named after the next person after Euler to discover them. In his day he was ground breaking and on par with Einstein in genius. His primary (if that's possible) contribution to the field is with the introduction of mathematical notation including the concept of a function (and how it is written as f(x)), shorthand trigonometric functions, the 'e' for the base of the natural logarithm (The Euler Constant), the Greek letter Sigma for summation and the letter '/i' for imaginary units, as well as the symbol pi for the ratio of a circles circumference to its diameter. All of which play a huge bearing on modern mathematics, from the every day to the incredibly complex.

As well as this, he also solved the Seven Bridges of Koenigsberg problem in graph theory, found the Euler Characteristic for connecting the number of vertices, edges and faces of an object, and (dis)proved many well known theories, too many to list. Furthermore, he continued to develop calculus, topology, number theory, analysis and graph theory as well as much, much more - and ultimately he paved the way for modern mathematics and all its revelations. It is probably no coincidence that industry and technological developments rapidly increased around this time.

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A pyramid has five faces, and two of those faces are triangles.

It depends on whether the triangle is in euclidean geometry or not (flat plane). IN Euclidean Geometry they always add up to 180 degrees. On the surface area of a sphere it can be 270, 230, 360 etc. it depends on which type of triangle you are talking about