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The world-renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei was of the opinion that we can’t interpret our universe until we can’t interpret the language in which it has been written down. Of course, it is the language of mathematics, the language of counting, the language of lines, triangles, circles, polygons and various mathematical structures.
The history of mathematics has seen the influence of various notable mathematicians whose work made the foundational and remarkable importance in the subject. Around 3000 BC, the Babylonians and Egyptians started use of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry for calculations, construction and astronomy. In the sixth century BC, the Greeks made a systematic study of mathematics. In the 300 BC, Euclid introduced axiomatic method even used today. His writings Elements is regarded most successful and influential textbook of all time. The ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes is observed as one of the leading mathematician ever born. The ancient Greeks worked in the field of conics, trigonometry and algebra...
The independent development of modern calculus by Issac Newton and Leibniz revolutionised the mathematical world. Meanwhile, Leonhard Euler also became influential by introducing Complexes as the largest possible number system and with the help of his numerous theorems and discoveries (like a solution to historical Konigsberg bridge problem).
In fact, Carl Friedrich Gauss emerged as one of the foremost mathematicians of the nineteenth century who contributed in the fields of analysis, geometry, algebra, and number theory.
The extension of boundaries of mathematics, solutions to problems, conjectures, and the introduction of new concepts continued in twentieth and twenty-first century maintaining the leading position and importance of mathematics in regards to various disciplines of knowledge.
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