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The history of mathematical notation includes the commencement, progress, and cultural diffusion of mathematical symbols and the conflict the methods of notation confronted in a notation's move to popularity or inconspicuousness. Mathematical notation comprises the symbols used to write mathematical equations and formulas. Notation generally implies a set of well-defined representations of quantities and symbols operators. The history includes Hindu-Arabic numerals, letters from the Roman, Greek, Hebrew, and German alphabets, and a host of symbols invented by mathematicians over the past several centuries.

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  • The history of mathematical notation includes the commencement, progress, and cultural diffusion of mathematical symbols and the conflict the methods of notation confronted in a notation's move to popularity or inconspicuousness. Mathematical notation comprises the symbols used to write mathematical equations and formulas. Notation generally implies a set of well-defined representations of quantities and symbols operators. The history includes Hindu-Arabic numerals, letters from the Roman, Greek, Hebrew, and German alphabets, and a host of symbols invented by mathematicians over the past several centuries.
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  • The history of mathematical notation includes the commencement, progress, and cultural diffusion of mathematical symbols and the conflict the methods of notation confronted in a notation's move to popularity or inconspicuousness. Mathematical notation comprises the symbols used to write mathematical equations and formulas. Notation generally implies a set of well-defined representations of quantities and symbols operators. The history includes Hindu-Arabic numerals, letters from the Roman, Greek, Hebrew, and German alphabets, and a host of symbols invented by mathematicians over the past several centuries. The development of mathematical notation can be divided in stages. The "rhetorical" stage is where calculations are performed by words and no symbols are used. The "syncopated" stage is where frequently used operations and quantities are represented by symbolic syntactical abbreviations. From ancient times through the post-classical age, bursts of mathematical creativity were often followed by centuries of stagnation. During the Middle Ages, the worldwide spread of knowledge began, and written examples of mathematical developments came to light. The "symbolic" stage is where comprehensive systems of notation supersede rhetoric. Beginning in Islamic North Africa in the 13th century, new mathematical developments, interacting with new scientific discoveries, were made at an increasing pace that continues through the present day. This symbolic system was in use by Islamic mathematicians since the 15th century, and by Indian and European mathematicians since the middle of the 17th century, and has continued to develop in the contemporary era. The area of study known as the history of mathematics is primarily an investigation into the origin of discoveries in mathematics and, the focus here, the investigation into the mathematical methods and notation of the past. For more details on the list of symbols, see List of mathematical symbols. See also: History of mathematics, Timeline of mathematics, and Foundations of mathematics For more details on particular notations, see: Arithmetic (History of arithmetic), Algebra (History of algebra), Geometry (History of geometry), Trigonometry (History of trigonometry), Calculus (History of calculus)
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