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## Mathematics in the Modern World ### Timeline of Important Developments | Year | Event | Description | |---|---|---| | 300 BCE - 200 CE | Greek Progress in Mathematics | **Euclid** wrote *The Elements*, a compilation of theorems, axioms in Algebra and postulates and theorems in Geometry. He bec...

## Mathematics in the Modern World ### Timeline of Important Developments | Year | Event | Description | |---|---|---| | 300 BCE - 200 CE | Greek Progress in Mathematics | **Euclid** wrote *The Elements*, a compilation of theorems, axioms in Algebra and postulates and theorems in Geometry. He became known as the "Father of Geometry". | | 200 BCE | Archimedes of Syracuse | This Greek mathematician, physicist, inventor and astronomer derived a range of formulas in Geometry including the area of a circle, the surface area and volume of a sphere and the area under a parabola. | | 140 BCE | Trigonometry of Hipparchus | Hipparchus of Nicaea, a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician, developed trigonometry. He is considered the founder of this field. | | 775 CE | Hindu Mathematical Works Translated into Arabic | The influence of Hindu mathematics spread. | | 830 CE | Arabic Algebra and Indian Numerals came to Western Europe | **Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi** brought these concepts to the West. Other Arabic scholars also translated Greek mathematics works. | | 1202 CE | Leonardo of Pisa, also called Fibonacci | Fibonacci wrote **Liber Abaci**. This book contained arithmetical and algebraic information which he had collected during his travels. It introduced the Hindu-Arabic System of Numeration into Western Europe. | | 1489 CE | Johannes Widmann | This German mathematician introduced the + and - symbols in his book **Mercantile Arithmetic**, published in Leipzig. These symbols were used in reference to surpluses and deficits in business problems. |