{"id":2770,"date":"2022-07-02T09:40:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T13:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2022-07-02T09:43:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T13:43:25","slug":"symbolic-algebra-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/2022\/07\/02\/symbolic-algebra-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Symbolic Algebra Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2748\" src=\"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Symbolic-Algebra-Timeline-2.5in.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Symbolic-Algebra-Timeline-2.5in.jpg 500w, https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Symbolic-Algebra-Timeline-2.5in-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/>As I am sure is common with most mathematicians, I had become interested in the history of the development of mathematical symbols, first for numbers (numerals) and then for algebra (symbolic algebra).\u00a0 Joseph Mazur\u2019s book <em>Enlightening Symbols<\/em> provided an excellent history of this evolution.\u00a0 His focus on the development and significance of symbolic algebra in the Renaissance was especially illuminating.\u00a0 I also augmented Mazur\u2019s information with details from Albrecht Heeffer\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>Such a subject cries out for a timeline to appreciate the order and timing of discoveries, which Mazur provided, concentrating on the Renaissance.\u00a0 I decided to both simplify Mazur\u2019s version and expand it to cover the evolution of numbers and their notation, as well as to set the whole enterprise in the context of historical periods.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/symbolic-algebra-timelines\/\">Symbolic Algebra Timelines<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I am sure is common with most mathematicians, I had become interested in the history of the development of mathematical symbols, first for numbers (numerals) and then for algebra (symbolic algebra).\u00a0 Joseph Mazur\u2019s book Enlightening Symbols provided an excellent history of this evolution.\u00a0 His focus on the development and significance of symbolic algebra in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[7,246],"class_list":["post-2770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-causality-chance-and-connections","tag-math-history","tag-timeline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2770"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2776,"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions\/2776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josmfs.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}