JOHN MICHAEL AMPONG

BSAM-4J1
ACTIVITY 3
TIMELINE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS

Babylonians have
Written Egyptian multiplication tables
Numbers 1800 B.C.
2700 BCE

The Early Oldest Mathematical Text Early Chinese

Egyptians Ancient Egypt Mathematics
6000 BCE 2000 BCE - 1800 BCE 1600 BC
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by the hellenistic period, theb

Most of the mathematical greeks had presided over one of the
texts written in Greek most dramatic and important
revolutions in mathematical
have been found in thought of time . the ancient greek
(GREEK) Greece, Egypt, Asia Babylonian numeral system , known as attic or
Classical Minor, Mesopotamia, Mathematics herodianic numerals, was fully
Mathematics and Sicily.
developed by about 450 bce , and
in regular use possibly as early as
624 BC- 548 BC 539 BC the 7th century bce

Indian (GREEK) Hellenistic (GREEK) Hellenistic

Mathematics mathematics
1000 BCE 547 BC 450 BCE
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Among the greatest -In the classical period of Indian An important person in the
mathematicians of ancient China mathematics (400 CE to 1600 CE), early 16th century was an
was Liu Hui, who produced a important contributions were made by
Italian Franciscan friar named
detailed commentary on the “Nine scholars like Aryabhata, Brahmagupta,
Mahāvīra, Bhaskara II, Madhava of Luca Pacioli.
Chapters” in 263 CE, was one of the
first mathematicians known to
(European Middle Sangamagrama and Nilakantha Islamic Middle .Later, multiplication,
leave roots unevaluated, giving Ages Somayaji.
Ages division, decimal, and
-The decimal number system in
more exact results instead of inequality symbols were
approximations. 301 - 1500 worldwide use today was first recorded
getting more recognized.
in Indian mathematics 632 - 1258

Chinese India Mathematics Renaissance 16th

Mathematics Century
263 CE 400 CE - 1600 CE 1501 - 1600
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Jean-Robert Argand posted a

paper on how complex
numbers can be shown on
Renaissance 18th geometric diagrams. Modern
Century .George Peacock is usual
Abstract Math
credited with the invention of
1701 - 1800 symbolic algebra. 1801 - 1900

Renaissance France became more 19th Century Math 20th Century

17th Century Math
prominent towards the end of
the century. 1801 - 1900 1901 - 2000
1601 - 1700 Joseph Louis Largrange
worked with Euler in a join
work on the calculus of
variation.
 21st Century Math
2001 - Present

Here in the present, we

learn from our history to
then discover new
branches of math.
Our math will evolve more
in time, as in more
formulas and answers.