Re: The Origin of Mathematics Symbols

From: dan michaels (feedbackdroids_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: 20 Oct 2004 21:12:21 -0700

Ken Pledger <Ken.Pledger@mcs.vuw.ac.nz> wrote in message news:<Ken.Pledger-E35A99.09050121102004@bats.mcs.vuw.ac.nz>...
> In article <41775733.83469314@netnews.att.net>,
> lesterDELzick@worldnet.att.net (Lester Zick) wrote:
>
> > ....
> > Let's indulge in a little historical speculation on the origin of
> > mathematical symbols....
>
>
> There's no need to speculate where a lot of historical research
> has been done. The standard reference is Florian Cajori, "A History of
> Mathematical Notations." Brief summaries of origins of symbols can also
> be found on Jeff Miller's web site
>
> http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathsym.html
>
>
> Ken Pledger.

There are some books regarding these issues in the local library,
which I've not had a chance to look at, eg ....

Where Mathematics Comes From : How The Embodied Mind Brings
Mathematics Into Being, George Lakoff, Rafael E. Núñez

The math gene : how mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are
like gossip / Keith Devlin.

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