>In Hellenistic Egypt, the Greek mathematician Diophantus in the 3rd century AD referred to an equation that was equivalent to 4x + 20 = 4 (which has a negative solution) in Arithmetica, saying that the equation was absurd.[24] For this reason Greek geometers were able to solve geometrically all forms of the quadratic equation which give positive roots, while they could take no account of others.

Doesn't the acknowledgment of negative numbers, even if considered absurd, prove the Greeks invented it first? Also you do not need the formal modern notation of "negative numbers" to use the concept. An architect making measurements below the surface of the ground could just say "10 cubits underground" rather than "-10 cubits" and it makes no difference mathematically. Or a money lender has a client who lent him 5000 denarii and now wants to borrow 8000, he will say the client is "3000 in debt".

>>17851695 (OP)
There was never a moment where negatives were discounted anywhere in Europe. Celestial equations require negatives to represent declinations.

>>17851695 (OP)
>Doesn't the acknowledgment of negative numbers, even if considered absurd, prove the Greeks invented it first?
No? Saying that an equation has no solution is not the same as acknowledging the solution.

>>17851695 (OP)
>invented
No. You are proving that it was "discovered". Not invented. Invention is the arbitrary name given to the discovery.

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Inventions are tools. Not the essence of the truth.

Like Lord God. God is discovered. YHWH is invented.

Without clothing, the cold breeze can kill you, even if you hide in the trees. The clothes we put on, to enhance the essence of the trees, is an invention that leads to further discovery, and further invention.

This is the duel nature of the Son of God, and the Son of Man.