A timeline showing major discoveries in mathematics and accrediting them to society and individuals

  • 6000 BCE

    The Early Egyptians

    The Early Egyptians
    The Early Egyptians Settled Along The Fertile Nile Valley As Early As About 6000 BCE And They Began To Record The Patterns Of Lunar Phases And The Seasons Both For Agricultural And Religious Reasons
  • 2700 BCE

    Written Egyptian Numbers

    Written Egyptian Numbers
    Written Egyptian Numbers
    2700 BCE It is thought that the Egyptians introduced the earliest fully-developed base 10 numeration system at least as early as 2700 BCE (and probably much early). Written numbers used a stroke for units, a heel-bone symbol for tens, a coil of rope for hundreds, and a lotus plant for thousands, as well as other hieroglyphic symbols for higher powers of ten up to a million.
  • 1800 BCE

    Babylonians have multiplication tables

    Babylonians have multiplication tables
    Many mathematical tablets are "problem texts:" they contain problems or sets of problems, sometimes with solutions. Many of the problems involve geometry; the rest are almost always "word problems" where the context is the calculation of the area of an irregular field, the volume of a ditch, the number of bricks to build a ramp, and etc
  • 1600 BCE

    Early Chinese Mathematics

    Early Chinese Mathematics
    Simple mathematics on Oracle bone script date back to the Shang Dynasty (1600–1050 BC). One of the oldest surviving mathematical works is the Yi Jing, which greatly influenced written literature during the Zhou Dynasty (1050–256 BC). For mathematics, the book included a sophisticated use of hexagrams. Leibniz pointed out, the I Ching contained elements of binary
  • 1500 BCE

    Oldest Mathematical Text Ancient Egypt

    Oldest Mathematical Text Ancient Egypt
    The Oldest Mathematical Text From Ancient Egypt Discovered So Far, Though, Is The Moscow Papyrus, Which Dates From The Egyptian Middle Kingdom Around 2000-1800 BCE
  • 1000 BCE

    Indian Mathematics

    Indian Mathematics
    Mantras from the early Vedic period (before 1000 BCE) invoke powers of ten from a hundred all the way up to a trillion and provide evidence of the use of arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, squares, cubes, and roots.
  • 624 BCE

    (GREEK) Classical Mathematics

    (GREEK) Classical Mathematics
    Historians traditionally place the beginning of Greek mathematics proper to the age of Thales of Miletus. Little is known about the life and work of Thales, so little indeed that his date of birth and death are estimated from the eclipse of 585 BC,. Despite this, it is generally agreed that Thales is the first of the seven wise men of Greece. The two earliest math theorems, Thales theorem, and the Intercept theorem are attributed to Thales.
  • 548 BCE

    (GREEK) Classical Mathematics

    (GREEK) Classical Mathematics
    Thales is also thought to be the earliest known man in history to whom specific mathematical discoveries have been attributed. Although it is not known whether or not Thales was the one who introduced into mathematics the logical structure that is so ubiquitous today, it is known that within two hundred years of Thales the Greeks had introduced logical structure and the idea of proof into mathematics.
  • 547 BCE

    (GREEK) Hellenistic

    (GREEK) Hellenistic
    Most of the mathematical texts written in Greek have been found in Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, and Sicily.
  • 539 BCE

    Babylonian Mathematics

    Babylonian Mathematics
    Babylonian mathematics (also known as Assyro-Babylonian mathematics) was any mathematics developed or practiced by the people of Mesopotamia, from the days of the early Sumerians to the fall of Babylon in 539 BC. Babylonian mathematical texts are plentiful and well edited.
  • 450 BCE

    (GREEK) hellenistic mathematics

    (GREEK) hellenistic mathematics
    By the Hellenistic period, the greeks had presided over one of the most dramatic and important revolutions in mathematical thought of time. the ancient greek numeral system, known as an attic or Herodians numerals, was fully developed by about 450 BCE , and in regular use possibly as early as the 7th-century BCE
  • 263 BCE

    Chinese Mathematics

    Chinese Mathematics
    Among the greatest mathematicians of ancient China was Liu Hui, who produced a detailed commentary on the “Nine Chapters” in 263 CE, was one of the first mathematicians known to leave roots unevaluated, giving more exact results instead of approximations
  • 399

    European Middle Ages

    European Middle Ages
    .When Chinese, Islamic, and Indian mathematicians had been in ascendancy, and Europe fell in Dark Ages, almost all mathematics and intellectual endeavor stagnated.
    .From the 4th to the 12th century, studies of geometry, arithmetic, and translations was limited to Boethius translations of some words of ancient Greek masters.
  • 1110

    Islamic Middle Ages

    Islamic Middle Ages
    .The Islamic Empire made significant contributions to math, since the 8th century.
    .Over time, Muslim artists discovered all different types of symmetry that can be done on a 2D surface.
  • 1300

    India Mathematics

    India Mathematics
    In the classical period of Indian mathematics (400 CE to 1600 CE), important contributions were made by scholars like Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, Mahāvīra, Bhaskara II, Madhava of Sangamagrama and Nilakantha Somayaji.
    The decimal number system in worldwide use today was first recorded in Indian mathematics.
  • Renaissance 18th Century

    Renaissance 18th Century
    .France became more prominent towards the end of the century.
    .Joseph Louis Lagrange worked with Euler in a joint work on the calculus of variation.
  • Modern Abstract Math

    Modern Abstract Math
    Abstract math is a branch of math concerned with the general algebraic structure of various sets.
    .A definitive treatise, Modern Algebra, was written by Bartel van der Waerden, and it impacted all branches of math,
  • 20th Century Math

    20th Century Math
    In the early 20th Century, there were the beginnings of the rise of the field of mathematical logic.
    Hilbert was responsible for several theorems and some entirely new mathematical concepts.
  • 21st Century Math

    21st Century Math
    Here in the present, we learn from our history to then discover new branches of math.
    Our math will evolve more in time, as in more formulas and answers.