Sarah0000 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 DS8 asked what symbols Ancient Roman's used with their Roman Numerals to denote operations (what did they use for the addition symbol, for instance). Web searches are failing me on this as everything seems to be about Roman numerals and the logic behind number systems. He's also interested in the history behind mathematical operation symbols in general from ancient times to what we use now throughout the world. Has anyone happen to come across this information anywhere? I've never once thought about this so I have no clue where even our own symbols came from. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah0000 Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 3 hours ago, WendyAndMilo said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematical_notation Go down to the "Symbolic Stage". Thanks! And no wonder I couldn't find anything for Romans. I didn't realize this developed so much later than numeral systems. How interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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