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  • no word on Hellenistic era!

    thumbed down from me.

  • Im suppose to be doing my math homework right now....

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  • Stop with all the ARAB , INDIAN and Muslim talk !

  • @fibonakki

    you idiot, if you're here to learn about REAL maths, then deal with it

  • Al-Khwarizimi was no Arab.. but persian!

  • Kill those people

  • Please check out my help with maths videos!

  • TERROBELE AND DUMM

  • I used to be good at maths... then I took an arrow to the knee

  • Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī and Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī are both Persian

  • what about Indian's contribution to Maths

  • Why can't we just say "great video" and move on?

  • and this guy knows this how???

  • Algebra is an Arabic word, created by Muslims mathematician in India.

  • @MrMohammedjarman yes is true

  • @MrMohammedjarman 'Algebra is an Arabic word, created by Muslims mathematician in India.'

    We all know that - that is not the point. Just because Muslims invented the name that has dominated other names for it does not mean that you have rights over anything other than the name.

    The actual thing that the word 'Algebra' represents, the important part, is Indian. No amount of claiming that you invented a word for it is going to make the useful bit belong to the Muslims.

  • @MrMohammedjarman maybe that's why some people hate Muslims. jk :D

  • this video is as usual , biased to western "un"accomplishments, THEY fail to mention is was the muslim/arabs that used the current numerals and introduced the zero system

  • 2:07 If our current mathematics was so complicated like the Nigerians, I would fail ,fail,fail, fail, fail , fail , fail & fail & keep failing in maths...lol

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  • What no vedic math?? The true operational method of doing calculations. Using vedic math you don't even need to think you just have to link the dots and lines, even better than a traditional calculator since it gives you geometrical insights.

  • they dont explain thoroughly. its not like the Egyptians and these other ancient civilizations added like we do.

  • How come that humanity were so dumb to not using the waaay more efficient arabic numerals system until the eighth century? Proud to be arabic.

  • My brain hurts.........

  • WHY COULDENT THEY JUST COME UP WITH 123456789 WERE THEY THAT STUPID AT THE TIME JEES

  • This foolish documentary spoke in length on some African and dead Mesopotamian systems but he mentioned India once!!!!!!!!! What is the systems we use? It is Indian and Arabs copied it,

  • @KarthikSoun 'It is Indian and Arabs copied it'

    The number system is even called Arabic - just perpetuating the lie.

  • @waddletop "'It is Indian and Arabs copied it'

    The number system is even called Arabic - just perpetuating the lie."

    It's simply the chosen symbols used to represent numbers by the majority of the world population; it’s not the only one around today. Just like there are various symbols used to express words on paper, it’s a human preference or culture; you cannot say one is superior to another.

    The French for 89 read: 4 x 20 + 9, the Germans to read 189 say 100 and 9 and 80.

    

  • @saintpine 'It's simply the chosen symbols used to represent numbers by the majority of the world population'

    Actually, the Arabic symbols don't look particularly like them any way.

    In Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati, 1, 2 and 3 look like १, २ and ३; ੧, ੨ and ੩; and, ૧, ૨ and ૩ respectively. I think that they are more convincing as most people would agree.

    Your last point, as the old nursery rhyme said; 'four and twenty blackbirds' the Sanskrit for 14 is effectively four and ten - chaturdash.

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  • Very helpful video! May we all PLACE VALUE ON PLACE VALUE, and VALUE THE PLACE WE ARE IN!

  • moar liek "history of arithmetic", amirite?

  • Oh sure, mathematics has nothing to do with proof...

    SERIOUSLY?!

    all you can talk about is numbers?

  • Was Jesus a Mathematician? IS there any theorem in his honor? Anyone?

  • @lvgcoolman13 Why would Jesus be a mathematician? That was hardly his purpose in becoming a man.

  • @LacThlanJG I imagine how people lived back in the days. They did not have the technology we have these days. Thanks to these advances in math+science and its contributors, the demand for physical labor has decrease by a huge %. I mean we now have cars (less horses), cotton machines(less cotton pickers), airplanes(less car traveling), computers(less number crunching+ youtube communication). I was just wondering if he was also interested in the maths or the sciences.

  • @lvgcoolman13 Look at what a mathematican does and see it that answers your question.

  • @HybridD91 I see that they are trained in solving problems that can be quantified. The majority of this training is required by applied mathematicians such as physicists, engineers, actuaries, and any other person who models the real world analytically. They are simply problem solvers. The good thing about this field is that mathematical knowledge can be proved and we can rely on its logic to solve problems of our own interest. He probably said what in the blue hell is Pi. LOL

  • I wanna see some actual math, not this bullshit!

  • the great invention of zero is from an indian which is not mentioned.....

  • i like the video BUT i HATE maths

  • XIX is 21

  • Music from Fate

  • I love math.

  • anyone know the song name around 4:23?

  • how can you not mention the most important people of mathematics, the Greeks...

  • So glad we have numbers now

  • i get it now an arab created algebra :>)

  • man read some books... Have you heard about tablets of Assyrians and Sumerians? Even current religions and their respective so-called miracles are found in their legends and stories.

  • Muslims scholars,Mathematicians,Scient­ist etc in Spain in in middle ages took the west from dark ages to what they are today but sadly today Muslims have abandon what their religion teaches which says.

    Read (Recite) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created-

    96:2

    Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood:

    96:3 Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,-

    96:4 He Who taught (the use of) the pen,-

    96:5 Taught man that which he knew not.

  • and the Winner is ..... CALCULATOR!! :D

  • This is stupidest history of mathematics as it ignores the one of the main contributors to the mathematics: India. May be this is history of mathematics for parochial western society.

    Its even conjectured now that much of modern calculus for which Newton and Leibniz fought to death to take selfish credit was transmitted to Europe from an Indian school named "Kerala School of Mathematics" who obtained results involving differentiation, power series, infinite series etc. 3 centuries before newton

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  • 2+2-3+4 = banana

  • story of mathematics...without any reference from india.....rofl

  • @ankur15989 at 2:39 they mention India

    Learn to listen.

  • @Anetunisha I meant 2:49 lol

  • @ankur15989 uhmm, yes: 2:52

  • @ankur15989 India: 2:53

  • @ankur15989 2:30-3:03 bro..

  • This is the story of mathematics and we all know that the Muslims invented it, [this story, that is,] so as to deny the real input over the years from societies that permitted free thought.

    I know one Muslim who thinks that Muslims invented zero - I didn't ask, he told me, as though he believed that is was a fact. Just how distorted is their education?

  • @waddletop that's true

  • @ankur15989 Reference to India: 5:48

  • This isn't the history of mathematics, this is the history of numbers and arithmetic, mathematics is something much bigger.

  • 1+1=1!.. PERIOD!

  • @Jagged85 >>> I'm really sorry (but not amazed judging by your comments) that you know nothing about Greek people and their history. Hellenic (= the modern Greek) 'mathematic' way of thinking (logic, geometry, analysis = theoretical cornerstone) heritage is accepted and regarded from all the scientific community as of great importance and value. Your dogmatic manners and the way you express yourself just proves and supports your ignorancy and innability to hold onto a colloquim kind of argument.

  • @strangelover11 lol...zero didn't come from INDIA???? lol...those camel humper arabs didn't develop shit, It was Indians who developed Zero which they called "Shunya"

  • @ThePseudoBasher  Racism over a zero? Really?

  • even zero did not invented in india because zero also comes when arab came to india

    in arabic zero call.......sifer......so zero come from arabic because the word Sifer is not

    existed in hindu laguages but long time after when Urdu language been developed

    the word Sifer been used..

  • @strangerlover11

    numerical system did come from india.....Major workds of Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī and Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī credited there contribution from India....

  • @rajivunome ...you right but as you said major work did by muslims methamatics

  • @rajivunome Math existed in India before Islam. -.- Islam came around in like 6th century after Christ...

  • @MJFAN666 Thats what im saying...im saying Muhammad credited his work from previous mathematics contribution from india

  • @rajivunome no not really it was based about indian mathematics thats true but the al gabra and algerthem is al khwarizmi thats why they are arab names

  • @strangerlover11

    You should read some history before writing some crap like " Zero was invented in India". Any educated person in the world will laugh at what you sad.

  • @kewlchinna ..You fucking idiot first learn what called zero....zero comes from arabic ...sifer...not from

    india langauge...........hahahahah

  • @strangerlover11 You are stupid. Either Learn English or stop talking.

  • @MJFAN666 If your brain do not have that capacity to read english than better stop coming to youtube you

    iidiot.

  • persians a mini civ wow maybe he souldent be talking

  • If God is real than he is a brilliant mathmatician.

  • look for individual documentation on bakshali manuscript, aryabhatta, madhava, sreedhar etc....in wiki/google....

  • @curse274...I knew these historical stuff but referring to wiki for others....History is much abused subject and you will find different versions in different regions...some facts were unknown to the europeans and moslems are reputed bluffmsaters like Muhammed.....

  • Mr. Rose Vill....You are absolutely wrong....Indians invented number system theory as early as 1000 year bc and first documented binary number system was from Pingala. Then Aryabhatta documented decimal numbering in pre buddhist era( more than 300 BC) and thus founded the number system theory ( base or radix)...all types of mathematics were found india earliest than any other place, making India as the originator of mathematics...search in Wiki for better knowledge....

  • @nikuskumar I'm going to suggest to everyone not to search in wiki for historical accuracy. Instead search the sources and evaluate their credibility.

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  • @Curse274

    No one knows your credentials, so your opinion has no credibility.

    How is a person supposed to qualify information ?, we all need to trust to a certain extent, what better than Wikipedia, where any information is open to worldwide debate and crap will quickly be torn apart.

    Wikipedia is open to the world, even if you are unable to do critical analysis, you are warned if information is without credentials, and many other issues, you have a list of sources to look up

  • @Curse274

    2.

    I had a discussion with a creationist, he told me that wiki was trash and he would write the truth on the page just to show that anyone could write anything.

    I invited him to put all you sources otherwise it wouldn’t last long.

    His text was torn apart in less than 4 minutes at 1am when he wrote it.

    He was invited to read the comments, and there was a mile long debate already active on the issue.

    There is always someone around the world 24 h a day, and crap will not last long.

  • my video series gets into the real origins of math...and yes i give the Indians credit for the Pythagorean theorem...

  • It's called "Indian numerals" means from India !

  • We are a group of amateur historians. If you have any questions about this video or any other historical topic then either have a look through our short documentaries or ask a question on our channel, we'll help as bets we can. - TheHistoryCollaborative

  • i love this video

  • Excellent history of Maths.

    Try for real example videos of numeracy.

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  • Nonmathematicians will confuse the contributions of the likes of Khawarizmi because tehy don't understand the enormous leap that occured from Diophantine-Bhramaguptian algebra to the work of Khwararizmi. Even if to a non-expert their work may look similar. Al Khwarizmi is called "Father of Algebra" for a reason.... it is for the same reason that rigorous calculus is owed to Cauchy/Reimann/Weierstrass and Lebesgue integration is to Henri Lebesgue rather than Newton or Leibniz..

  • i thought it was the indians who invented mathematics along with the arabs....but there should be some kinda connection between indians and math coz they are super good in math

  • @bravetimmy your thinking is correct , ASrabs came in Mathematic field very late in 700 AD , it were Indian and Greeks who have given significant boost to mathematics , Indian mathematicians have calculate the parameter of earth in around 450 AD and that is with precision of 0.2 % error of actual parameter of earth , name of scientist is Aryabhat (~400 AD) he has also given value of pie and given concept that earth rotate about its axis .

  • Cool that was great. I'm doing a project on how math effects history and this really helped me out. P.S. Don't worry i won't plagirize

  • does anyboyd have a cold beer for steve austin

  • The history of mathmatics 95,109 views, no suprises there huh? lol.

  • the scieints you are taking about is not Arab

    He is from Uzbekistan

    please make a note for that in the clip

    He is a muslim

  • i would like to clear something up

    those numbers 1 2 3 4 5 .........9 are pure Arabic specifically from north Africa

    those numbers ١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩ Arabs call it Arabic but it is Indian

    how ???

    in the last days of the " Umayyad Caliphate " the empire deviated west and east

    so the east part replaced the Arabic numbers by Indian numbers so they want be different from the east part of the Empire .

  • @learning112233 dear friend can i have evidences for the same ? do you wan to claim that arabs were using those numbers before Indians ? if you are then i would like to ask what is the oldest number evidences have been found from arab ? here discussion part is not eastern or western empire etc. , here i wan to know who inventedthe concept of`0 to 9 symbols and using them for deriving large numbers or say decimal no. system

  • @AbhaySinghBisen decimal no. system was invented by Egyptians very very long time ago !

    what i am taking about is the symbols itself (which is used in English today )

  • @learning112233 really ? do u think that is a efficient decimal system ? ok then try to give me a result for 1000000 - 1 = ? in egyption number system i.e. subtarction of symbol "Men with open arms" - "staf" = ? ,you will come to know the basic difficulties with that , if u wan to consider those as decimal system then china , babylone and romans were not far , then they also have decimal no system ,the thing is who has invented the efficient system to represent very large and small

  • the numbers which we use now were invented in the meddle ages

    in north Africa by an Arab scientist and then across Spain to Europe and from Europe to all the world .

    he made the numbers according to angels ..

    for example

    0 no angle

    1 one angle

    2 two angels

    3 three angels

    .....and so on

  • @learning112233 but i do not see angles in 8 ,9 ,6,7 and ,5 they do not support your angle theory

  • @AbhaySinghBisen

    the symbols had been changing since that time ( more than 1000 years )

    so dont think that the numbers which ur typing using computer would match symbols 1000 years old

    i will send u on the pic which illustrate it :)

  • @learning112233 I am waiting for the pic and this new angle theory and how it is related to current numbers and what is the significance of angles in that , read your reply again you are claiming that numbers which we use now are invented by a Arab scientist and that depends on angle , so you should be able to prove the same , all the best and also try to providesome acadamic link to it .

  • @AbhaySinghBisen He is correct. The numbers 0123456789 are the Western Arabic numerals. a different set formed the eastern arabic numerals, and then there were the Indian numerals which are not used anymore. But he is wrong in saying 0123456789 are formed form angles. That is a myth. these vaguely resemble some arabic letters (e.g. 3 is like the letter 'ain and 7 is h'ay).

    Indians created numerals but Arabs created the system of algebra that used these numbers to do mathematics.

  • @rlinfinity agreed friend but my point is about concept of existing numerals and existing number system , Algebra as a concept is not created or invented by Arabs but is further more enhance/develop by Al-Khwarizmi to great extent , the Algebra as a concept was used by Indians(Brahmagupta) and Greek mathematicians long before , for primary reference of this u can check on wiki for Algebra .

  • @AbhaySinghBisen I'm a mathematician, and I can tell you that the mathematics of the Greeks and Indians pre-700AD were relatively primitive. When the Perso-Arabs (Saracens) came on the scene the mathematics they developed was indeed the most advanced for its time. But there were also excellent contributiions form all over including India and China. The pre-existing Maths of the Greeks, Indians and Chinese saved as the basis for the work of the Arabs, because of the size of their Empire...

  • @rlinfinity please read my comments again do they differ from your comments friend ?

    i have said Al-Khwarizmi have enhenced /developed it to great extent and that great extent is concept of balancing and i do not deny that , :) by the way i can not verify that u r a mathematician or not in net , but i will accept any thing which is fact , so agreed to your point .

  • @AbhaySinghBisen Notably, 1000 AD: Al Hacen worked on series on convergence, and conic sections (but his most notable contribution was the development of the Scientific Method in the Book of Optics - and hence the founder of Physics and Modern Science).

    1100s: Baskhara II developed a primitive derivative. Omar Khayyam extended Al Jabr's work to algebra of third degree polynomials. Al-Tusi developed differential calculus for up to 3rd degree polynomials. (The Tusi couple is named after him.).

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  • @rlinfinity i do not know why u have put Name of Al Hassan as founder of Physics and moden science (yes u can say this for optics , then it can be agreed , but physics is not limited to optics) , please read about Archimedes , Thalas , Democritus , Aryabhat and there achievments on this field

  • @AbhaySinghBisen The work of archimedes & others came BEFORE the scientific method, & hence it is PRE-SCIENTIFIC. I can't explain the importance of this to someone who is not a professional scientist and mathematician. Al Haytham was the first true physicist and the first true scientist because 1) His book of optics was the most influential treatise on Physics until Newton's principia. and 2) He also published the Scientific Method in this book, thereby beginning ACTUAL science (not PRE-SCIENCE)

  • @rlinfinity no you no need to explain , it was my mistake to understand the name , yesterday i had opted to delete my this comment but mistakenly i deleted below one , actually in your previous post u called him Al Hacen (Al Hasan) , after my post i realize u r actually talking about Al Hayatam and actualyy his ful name is Al Hassan Al Hayatam and he is again not a Arab but a Persian (Irani)

  • @AbhaySinghBisen In 1300s Madhava discovered some Taylor series expansions but that was of course very late. In

    in the 1000s Al-Karaji used Mathematical Induction and was the first to introduce "Algebraic Calculus". Al-Haytham built on this to prove by induction the general sum for arbitrary integral powers. Using this he was able to perform integration and found the volume of a conic section. He came close to generalising this into infinitesimal calculus! --700 years before Newton!

  • @AbhaySinghBisen Haytham's work on integration of 4th-degree polynomials would later be used as late as the 16th century by Indian Mathematicians/Astronomers in Kerala. So keep in mind that hte exchange of ideas was not a one way process like you make it out to be.

    Tusi made similar important contributions to differential calculus. Keep in mind, this all happened long before Newton and Leibniz.

    Where the Arabs REALLY excelled however was in the applications of these to Science & Engineering.

  • @AbhaySinghBisen The reason the Greek/Indian "Algebra" doesn't count is because Diophantus' and Brahmagupta's "algebra" was 1) Syncopated Algebra, and 2) Solutions were obtained geometrically (Geometric stage). Compared to Al-Khwarizmi's algebra which was more developed and was 1) Symbolic Algebra and 2) through finding numbers that satisfy equations (Static equation-solving stage). This was the first true algebra with manipulation of symbols, & was thus superior to Greek/Indian primitive forms

  • @rlinfinity as i have already said i have no objection n his work in development of Algebra , but before him this symbolic reprsentation was mentioned in Aryabhati in rul of 3 etc. as proportion , but yes Al-Khwarizmi's work was excelent in development of modern algebra or as per you true algebra , i hope u may be aware of debet on Al Khwarizumi and Diophantus as father of algebra among historians , see there is a diffrence between a concept initiator and concept enhancer both need credit .

  • @AbhaySinghBisen There are many modern sources detailing the importance of the works of Ibn Al-Haytham (a.k.a. Alhacen or Alhazen) and his development of the Scientific Method (i.e. Empricism which was the birth of Modern science). Older sources tend to exaggerate the importance of Aristotle and Greek science, but this is dispelled by modern scholarship as modern science is owed to the Arabs rather than to the Greeks. One e.g. ishim_net /ishimj/4/10_pdf Change _ to . and view that document

  • @rlinfinity as i explain in my above post i agree to this , and as i said again u are giving credit to Arab , he is a Iranian and belongs to Baghdad , and yes u are correct i am not a professional scientist or Mathematician but i am a Engineer , so i do know what is mathematics and science up to a level by where i can identify what is primitive and what is modern , mistakenly i have deleted a wrong post insted of my post about Al hasan and i agree with your point on people ut not on Arab .

  • @AbhaySinghBisen But even since maths has developed enormously and progressed with time. To a nonmathematician these progresses may not be obvious. E.g. From infinitesimal calculus of Haytham and Newton, we now have the RIGOROUS CALCULUS based on the epsilon-delta-limit, developed by Cauchy, Reimann, Weierstrass... In contrast to Arab algebra (taught in schools) we now have Abstract Algebra (taught to mathematicians) based on mathematical structures (rings, fields, group theory)...

  • Very nice and interesting video.

    Though I believe the Babylonians knew of the zero, though for them it was simply a position-holder.

    Itwas Indians who really gave zero an identity to make it like a number.

  • Fascinating video. Thanks!

  • satan likes to make things complex....

  • @YAHWEHisperfect

    OR God likes to keep you dumb

  • The Greeks borrowed but also developed unique mathematical concepts. Actually quite advanced maths.When I was at uni, the geometry course relied on Euclid ( Elements).Only 2300 old! Now modern science has discovered that Archimedes was using methods related to calculus and combinometrics.

    Areas that would have to wait for over 1500 years after to be explored!

    However, many other cultures did contribute to modern mathematics.

  • @centurion869 If Archimedes and the rest of the ancient greek society had accepted zero, he would possibly have discovered and used calculus. Meantime, in India, they were playing with numbers, including zero, something we today call algebra. It's really too bad that religion hindered this number for so long in the western world, and therefore slowed down our mathematical and scientific process...including the calendar we use today (off by 1 year + the actual year of Jesus' birth)

  • Al Khorazmiy is not Arab, but Uzbek, from Uzbekistan... the region called Khorazm... Al Khorazmiy means from Khorazm... that days Uzbeks wrote in Arabic, but it doesn't make the scientist Arab which is an absurd...

  • 12time 15 =6 times 30. Whoa, I never knew that, amazing.

  • An Arabic man founded Algebra. Indians founded the modern numerals. All cultures from all around the world assisted and made us what we are today. No one culture solely determined what we are.

  • @THISPAKIMISS fuck u which arabic cunt found algebra, noppe, it ws used centuries before , muhammad the pedophile was born, muslims are fucking copycats

  • @karthikthomask Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi wrote a book about it after he learned stuff from india mathematics. Besides he said its influenced from arabs, it has nothing to do with the religion.

  • @THISPAKIMISS

    Wrong you are. Aryabhata worked on alegbra before you pork eating momamudan.

  • @THISPAKIMISS one of the smartest things I have read on the entire site. Cheers!

  • @THISPAKIMISS almost poignant, though still sexist

  • @THISPAKIMISS if an arab found algebra why is the name ALGEBRA Greek???

  • @TheBellocazzo Where does it say that the word algebra is greek? It comes from the word al-jabr which means restoration. Check it out for yourself first before leaving a stupid comment :D

  • @TheBellocazzo the word algebra comes from the Arabic language (al-jabr, الجبر literally, restoration)

  • @allwah my 8th grade teacher taught us that al jabr meant restoring the balance.

    he related it by teaching us whatever you do to one side of the equation you have to do the same thing on the other side, like x+10=20 you subtract 10 from both sides

  • @TheBellocazzo Algebra is derived from the arabic word Al-Jibr.

  • math sux!

  • @fasfsdfasd why/if you sit that is math.if you buy that is math...everything is math.so how could you say math sucks?there is no life if  there no math.

  • IRAN

    IRAN

    IRAN

    IRAN

    IRAN

    IRAN

    IRAN

    OR AS SOME PEOPLE USED TO CALL IT PERSIA INVENTED MATH

  • Wow pretty cool.

    All this criticism makes me laugh, why don't you do the whole entire world a favour, instead of criticising.

    Go make an informative, balanced video that might teach the rest of the world about mathematics and numerology.

    All you're doing here is insulting and making rather rude remarks to someone because of their religion.

    An educated person should know that every society borrowed and developed concepts from other societies.

    Its not stealing; its called developing.

  • @SiriusDorcas

    Rude remarks in general (not merely religion).

    Lets try to make a better society, by having open, balanced discussions that don't involve making playground jibes at someone.

  • @ioanna1988

    The point is that from the early 20th century, many mathematical achievements that were believed to have been Greek discoveries (then known as the "Greek miracle") were proven to be Egyptian/Babylonian discoveries. That doesn't mean Greeks didn't take mathematics to a higher level (as they did), but it means they didn't have an exhaustive system of citation crediting their Egyptian/Babylonian sources. These sources had to be independently discovered in the early 20th century.

  • thank you for giving the islam its credit of share of math thank you

  • Wasnt the Arabs or Iranians invented algebra and quadratic equation that we use today?Why is it not mention here?

  • the system shown at 4:58 onwards is cool... can anyone explain the rationale behind it?

    btw, these are world contributions, never meant to be regional... so stop this argument.

  • Greeks didn't claim the achievements of the Egyptians or Babylonians, but they used them and organized them. In fact, ancient Greeks managed to take mathematics to another level-higher of course.And Jagged85, if you want to judge you have to read first. There are books of science history of ancient Greece, written by ancient Greeks, who say "Greeks know this from this country,that from the other country, etc". So, do me a favor, and read some books to broaden your mind :)

  • you know what I don't like? they assume that people from a long time ago are complete retards with no mathematical understanding. Congrats, they knew how to count to 4, geniuses. They just didn't need a lot of math and didn't have much reason to write their math down, doesn't mean they were idiots inside their head with no knowledge of mathematical concepts.

  • seanamico,have you anything in your brain?Moron!

    With this kind of shit brain only, are you coming and commenting here?

    Bashing on others personally not make you wise!

    Have you given anything worthy in your comments except your egoistic repeating of the same hollow sentences.

    First,improve your attitude and knowledge!

  • The problem is most of THE Iranians LACK DEPTH STUDY But,only have selected egoistic opinions.

    They never interested in sincere verification of their preconceived egoistic opinions.

  • @Saraswathiputra, Another muslim monkey & his opinion, well opinions are like assholes & every asshole like you has one & thinks the other persons ass smells. Nothing worst than a arrogant, chauvinistic mooslem like your kind. Save your bullshit.

  • alot of derfrencd berween now and 1000 year earlyer .. how it will be after 1000 year after !!

  • @Seanamico your mother is lesbian she love pussies