Main article: Future of mathematicsThere are many observable trends in mathematics, the most notable being that the subject is growing ever larger, computers are ever more important and powerful, the ...
19th century Carl Friedrich Gauss.Throughout the 19th century mathematics became increasingly abstract. In the 19th century lived Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855). Leaving aside his many contribution ...
17th century Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.The 17th century saw an unprecedented explosion of mathematical and scientific ideas across Europe. Galileo observed the moons of Jupiter in orbit about that pla ...
During the Renaissance, the development of mathematics and of accounting were intertwined. While there is no direct relationship between algebra and accounting, the teaching of the subjects and the bo ...
Medieval European interest in mathematics was driven by concerns quite different from those of modern mathematicians. One driving element was the belief that mathematics provided the key to understand ...
The Islamic Empire established across Persia, the Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa, Iberia, and in parts of India in the 8th century made significant contributions towards mathematics. Although ...
The earliest civilization on the Indian subcontinent is the Indus Valley Civilization that flourished between 2600 and 1900 BC in the Indus river basin. Their cities were laid out with geometric regul ...
Main article: Chinese mathematicsCounting rod numeralsThe Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, one of the earliest surviving mathematical texts from China (2nd century AD).Early Chinese mathematics ...
Greek mathematics refers to the mathematics written in the Greek language from the time of Thales of Miletus (~600 BC) to the closure of the Academy of Athens in 529 AD. Greek mathematicians lived in ...
Egyptian mathematics refers to mathematics written in the Egyptian language. From the Hellenistic period, Greek replaced Egyptian as the written language of Egyptian scholars. Mathematical study in Eg ...
Main article: Babylonian mathematicsSee also: Plimpton 322The Babylonian mathematical tablet Plimpton 322, dated to 1800 BC.Babylonian mathematics refers to any mathematics of the people of Mesopotami ...
The origins of mathematical thought lie in the concepts of number, magnitude, and form. Modern studies of animal cognition have shown that these concepts are not unique to humans. Such concepts would ...
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 mathematical method ...
