How did mathematics come into being? What is its development history?

Generation: Mathematics originated from the early production activities of human beings, and ancient Babylonians accumulated certain mathematical knowledge and could apply it to practical problems.

The development history of mathematics can be roughly divided into four periods.

1, Phase I

The formative period of mathematics is the period when human beings establish the most basic mathematical concepts. Since counting, human beings have gradually established the concept of natural numbers, simple calculation methods, and recognized the most basic and simplest geometric forms. Arithmetic and geometry are not separated.

2. The second period

Elementary mathematics is a constant period of mathematics. The most basic and simple achievements in this period constitute the main content of middle school mathematics. This period began in the 5th century BC, maybe earlier, and lasted for about two thousand years until17th century. This period gradually formed the main branches of elementary mathematics: arithmetic, geometry and algebra.

3. The third issue

The period of variable mathematics. Variable mathematics came into being in17th century, and has gone through two decisive and significant steps: the first step is the generation of analytic geometry; The second step is calculus, which is to study the differential of functions in higher mathematics.

4. The fourth stage

Modern mathematics. The period of modern mathematics began at the beginning of19th century. The beginning of the modern stage of mathematics development is characterized by profound changes in all foundations-algebra, geometry and analysis.

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Mathematical achievements developed in the process of development;

1, Lee's constant formula

Mathematician Li's research achievements in the summation of series are named Li's constant internationally.

2. Fahrenheit theorem

Fahrenheit theorem is the research result of Hua, a famous mathematician in China. Fahrenheit theorem is that a semi-automorphism of a body must be automorphism, automorphism or anti-isomorphism. Mathematician Hua's research results on complete triangular sum are called "Fahrenheit theorem" by the international mathematics community; In addition, he and mathematician Wang Yuan put forward the approximate calculation method of multiple integrals, which is internationally known as the "King of China Method".

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