Mathematics Through The Centuries.

1. Mathematics Through
   the Centuries.
   
   
2. Numbers upon numbers,
   formulas upon formulas,...
   hypothetical statements
   against factual statements,
   logic, abstraction, equations,
   concepts, counting, measurements,
   calculations define your existence.
   

   
   
3. With just seven symbols
   ancient Egypt gave mankind
   arithmetic,
   from its stable are addition,
   subtraction, multiplication, and
   division through fractions,
   upon which pyramids, irrigation,
   construction, astronomy, time,
   seasons, and lunar calendar owe
   existence.
   
   
4. Babylonians and Sumerians
   you tasked with complex
   computations from
   algebra, geometry, trigonometry and
   advanced calculation,
   to make their daily activities
   construction, astronomy, astrology,
   painting, weaving, and measurement
   more scientific.
   
   
5. Greek-you made theoreticians-
   from among Greeks,
   you gave humanity
   Pythagoras, Aristotle,
   Philo, Hippasus, Thales of
   Miletus, Euclid and many more.
   Al-jabr or algebra,
   “reunion of broken parts”
   
   
6. Arabs made popular-
   thanks to al-Khwarizmi’s
   algebraic rhetorical style,
   kudos to Diophantus’
   syncopated or symbolic
   representation,
   propped by al-Marrakushi and
   Ali al-Qalasadi.
   
   
7. Alexander-the-great
   you commissioned to spread
   mathematics,
   through-the-three-tools,
   gun, culture, and language.
   
   
8. Conquered territories,
   Alexander baptized into
   Greek culture,
   after his sword-philosophy,
   knowledge, mathematics
   Greece bequeathed humanity.
   
   
9. Through Rome-
   you spread three “Rs”
   arithmetic, reading, and writing,
   by means of Roman Catholic
   Church,
   schools you established
   abroad,
   knowledge you spread
   to nooks and crannies around globe.
   
   
10. Inheritance both Hellenized
    Greeks and Romanized citizens
    localized,
    to advance individual society.
    India, Eastern Mediterranean,
    Mesopotamia, Iran Plateaus, and
    Central Asia you made home of
    Mathematics.
    
    
11. To Indians Zero belongs,
    from Indians negative numbers
    less than zero originated,
    trigonometry-Indians gave life-
    sine, cosine, and arc tangent,
    Indians made more definitive.
    
    
12. Ancient world and modern
    societies,
    mathematics recreated,
    through math-Europe-
    rediscovered itself;
    knowledge from math
    contributed greatly to
    reformation.
    
    
13. Reformation-many were its
    offspring-
    exploration, discovery, and
    industrial revolution,
    gifts to Europe.
    
    
14. New world-America-
    North and South,
    you handed over to Europe,
    Africa, Australasia, islands,
    territories,
    South Atlantic-trans-oceanic
    navigation,
    bequeathed to Europe.
    
    
15. Thanks to Mathematics-
    oracle of numbers,
    Horus, Sesheta, and Thoth
    three Egyptian gods of numbers
    may boast of ancient Egyptians’
    success,
    but today’s wonders from
    mathematics and all disciples
    beyond human comprehension.
    Mathematics! Mathematics!
    Mathematics!
    Mankind say: Thank You.
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