What is the history of mathematics? When were various equations invented?
The History of mathematics is a very interesting thing but equations are not invented they are found. Meaning that one does not come up with the concept that 1 plus 1 equals 2 since it has always been possible. When a new equation is formed the person in finding something that has always been there but know one currently knew about. For instance. There is evidence that the Egyptians used the Pythagoreans theorem hundreds of years before he even lived. Thus they had their own version of a constant law of nature the no one can make but only find then lose and find again. Personally I have been working on a theorem based on one equation for the past 6 years and every day I find new things and adjust my theories and restate hypothesis to try and understand it.
Humanity and mathematics grew up together, mathematics growing with humanity in accordance to whatever needs that needed to be met. As humanity all over the world grew bigger and bigger, and societies more and more complex, a greater and greater need arose to quantify and measure, in time becoming more than just quantifying and measuring, eventually becoming “Mathematics.” There are aspects of economy, science, and warfare, that deal with numbers too large to be counted out with just your fingers or an abacus. Because of these aspects the need for abstract quantifying, measuring and organizing, became more and more the norm. In time, each and every equation being created to meet a specific need, but each and every equation ultimately relying on a rule that came before. There is no “history” or “where;” as mathematics, and human history, are tied together. However; a mathematical mind, and a problem solving mind, are not the same thing. A mathematical mind is restricted by lines and rul
