Mathematics Timeline

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  • c. 585 BCE
    Time in which Thales of Miletus lived.
  • c. 571 BCE - c. 497 BCE
    Life of Pythagoras of Samos; claim that "number" is the First Cause of existence and the soul is immortal.
  • c. 190 BCE - c. 120 BCE
    Life of Hipparchus of Nicea, the ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer considered the greatest astronomer of antiquity and among the most impressive in world history
  • 628 CE
    First use of the number zero proposed by Indian mathematician Brahmagupta.
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