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Summary of the History of Mathematics
• Babylonian Mathematics (3000-1800 BC): Advances in algebra
and geometry with the sexagesimal system.
• Egyptian Mathematics (3000-300 BC): Practical focus on
areas and volumes, highlighted in the Moscow Papyrus.
• Greek mathematics (6th century BC): Deductive reasoning,
contributions of Euclid and Pythagoras.
• Chinese mathematics (1600-1046 BC): Sophisticated methods
and decimal positions.
• Mayan civilization: Vigesimal system and use of zero.
• Islamic algebra (8th-9th centuries): Systematicity in
solving equations.
• Development in the 17th-20th centuries: Calculus,
formalization of theories and professionalization of mathematics.
• 21st century: Contemporary challenges such as the
continuum hypothesis.



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