Where did math symbols come from?
Website: http://www.roma.unisa.edu.au/07305/symbols.htm#Percent
Grade: B+
If you have ever wondered where the division symbol came from, or questioned the the origin of pi this website is great. This site has a tremendous amount of information as can be seen by their index:
- The factorial symbol n!
- The symbols for similar and congruent
- The symbols for angle and right angle
- The symbol pi
- The symbol for percent
- The symbol for division
- The symbols for inequality
- The symbol for infinity
- The symbols for ratio and proportion
- The symbol for zero
- The radical symbol
- The symbols for plus and minus
- The symbol for multiplication
- The symbol for equality
- The symbol for congruence in number theory
- Complex numbers and the symbol i
- The number e
- The calculus symbols
- List of ancillary symbols without explanation
- APPENDIX — Personalities
The information is good but could be more organized and presented in a more entertaining way.
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