A History of Mathematics and Chronology of Important Events (312 words, 3 pages)
-399pythagoreans discover irrational numbers-240Eratosthenes determines circumference of earth-230Archimedes determines fromulas for the area of a secton of a parabolaformulas forthe area of a section of a parabola-200Appollonius studies conic sections-200Euclid writes Elements-100Hipparchus develops the trig tables825Al-Khowarizmi uses Zero1525Rudolff introduces the radical sign1535Tartaglia solves cubic equations1545Square roots of negative numbers1557Recorde introduces ...
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