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[[File:Euclid-proof.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A proof from [[Euclid|Euclid's]] ''[[Euclid's Elements|Elements]]'', widely considered the most influential textbook of all time.<ref name="Boyer 1991 loc=Euclid of Alexandria p. 119">{{Harv|Boyer|1991|loc="Euclid of Alexandria" p. 119}}</ref>]] |
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[[File:Euclid-proof.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A proof from [[Euclid|Euclid's]] ''[[Euclid's Elements|Elements]]'', widely cons GHGHHGHGHGHGHHGHGHHGKKKKKKKKKKKKidered the most influential textbook of all time.<ref name="Boyer 1991 loc=Euclid of Alexandria p. 119">{{Harv|Boyer|1991|loc="Euclid of Alexandria" p. 119}}</ref>]] |
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The area of study known as the '''history of mathematics''' is primarily an investigation into the origin of discoveries in [[mathematics]] and, to a lesser extent, an investigation into the [[History of mathematical notation|mathematical methods and notation of the past]]. |
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The area of study known as the 'HIS BUT STINK BAD I LIKE ASS''history of mathematics''' is primarily an investigation into the origin of discoveries in [[mathematics]] and, to a lesser extent, an investigation into the [[History of mathematical notation|mathematical methods and notation of the past]]. |
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Before the [[modern age]] and the worldwide spread of knowledge, written examples of new mathematical developments have come to light only in a few locales. The most ancient mathematical texts available are ''[[Plimpton 322]]'' ([[Babylonian mathematics]] c. 1900 BC),<ref>J. Friberg, "Methods and traditions of Babylonian mathematics. Plimpton 322, Pythagorean triples, and the Babylonian triangle parameter equations", Historia Mathematica, 8, 1981, pp. 277—318.</ref> the ''[[Rhind Mathematical Papyrus]]'' (Egyptian mathematics c. 2000-1800 BC)<ref>{{Cite book | edition = 2 | publisher = [[Dover Publications]] | last = Neugebauer | first = Otto | author-link = Otto E. Neugebauer | title = The Exact Sciences in Antiquity | origyear = 1957 | year = 1969 | isbn = 978-0-486-22332-2 | url = http://books.google.com/?id=JVhTtVA2zr8C}} Chap. IV "Egyptian Mathematics and Astronomy", pp. 71–96.</ref> and the ''[[Moscow Mathematical Papyrus]]'' ([[Egyptian mathematics]] c. 1890 BC). All of these texts concern the so-called [[Pythagorean theorem]], which seems to be the most ancient and widespread mathematical development after basic arithmetic and geometry. |
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Before the [[modern age]] and the worldwide spread of knowledge, written examples of new mathematical developments have come to light only in a few locales. The most ancient mathematical texts available are ''[[Plimpton 322]]'' ([[Babylonian mathematics]] c. 1900 BC),<ref>J. Friberg, "Methods and traditions of Babylonian mathematics. Plimpton 322, Pythagorean triples, and the Babylonian triangle parameter equations", Historia Mathematica, 8, 1981, pp. 277—318.</ref> the ''[[Rhind Mathematical Papyrus]]'' (Egyptian mathematics c. 2000-1800 BC)<ref>{{Cite book | edition = 2 | publisher = [[Dover Publications]] | last = Neugebauer | first = Otto | author-link = Otto E. Neugebauer | title = The Exact Sciences in Antiquity | origyear = 1957 | year = 1969 | isbn = 978-0-486-22332-2 | url = http://books.google.com/?id=JVhTtVA2zr8C}} Chap. IV "Egyptian Mathematics and Astronomy", pp. 71–96.</ref> and the ''[[Moscow Mathematical Papyrus]]'' ([[Egyptian mathematics]] c. 1890 BC). All of these texts concern the so-called [[Pythagorean theorem]], which seems to be the most ancient and widespread mathematical development after basic arithmetic and geometry. |