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History of Math

Written by: Prasiddha Shrestha - 28008, Grade VI

Posted on: 29 November, 2021

Math was discovered around 3000 BC. It was used for managing time, keeping track of sales etc. Since then math has evolved. Math is a very complex subject. It has different methods as well. It is a very important subject in society. Math helps us improve logical reasoning, critical thinking, creative thinking ,problem solving ability etc .Math is linked with everything in our daily life. Math can be divided into many parts like algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, calculus, statistics and probability.

Math has a close connection with Physics and Chemistry.They all are very similar but a little different .Math helps us to understand the universe.

The person who has a lot of knowledge of mathematics is called a Mathematician. Being a mathematician is  a very hard job.Throw out the history of math there have been many talented mathematicians like Carl Friedrich Gauss, Leonhard Euler, Isaac Newton, Archimedes, Terence Tao ,Pythagoras etc.

People have linked math to many things. Leonardo da Vinci has mathematical things connected to some of his artworks.

The Collatz Conjecture, Dave Linkletter, Goldbach's Conjecture, Creative Commons, The Twin Prime Conjecture,The Riemann Hypothesis,The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture are some of the hardest mathematical problems. But some of the mathematical problems have not been solved like the Riemann hypothesis, P versus NP problem, Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, Hodge conjecture, Navier-Stokes equation etc.