A Concise History of Mathematics: The beginnings. The beginnings in western Europe

Alexandria algebra ancient antiquity Apollonius Arabic Archimedes arithmetic Babylon Babylonian mathematics became Cardano century A.D. Chinese circle civilization Classics computational conception cubic equations cultural date back decimal Diophantos discovery Egypt Egyptian mathematics Euclid Euclid's Elements Eudoxos Eutocius exist expressed geometrical Greek mathematics H. G. Zeuthen Hellenistic Hindu Hindu-Arabic numerals History of Mathematics Indian influence interest known L. C. Karpinski large number later Leipzig line segments logarithms maior mathe mathematicians matics mensuration ment merchants Mesopotamia method neolithic Neugebauer notation numbers Oriental Oriental mathematics original Papyrus period Persian place value position system problems Ptolemy Pythagorean quadratic equations rational reckon masters Roman Empire Seleucid sexagesimal so-called solution solved square symbols system of numeration T. L. Heath theorem theory tion tradition translation triangle trigonometry Viète vols volume Western Europe Zeno's ΑΓ ἄρα καὶ περίμετρος πρὸς τὴν