Where do math symbols come from? - John David Walters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVm063xmnow
Explanation, Publisher, TEDEd, Video, YouTube
Math is full of symbols: lines, dots, arrows, English letters, Greek letters, superscripts, subscripts ... it can look like an illegible jumble. Where did all of these symbols come from? John David Walters shares the origins of mathematical symbols, and illuminates why they’re still so important in the field today.
31 October 2017 Edit: 31 October 2017
- Topics:
- Number, Operations
- Content Type:
- Explanation, Publisher, TEDEd, Video, YouTube
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