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7/18/2025, 1:38:45 PM
>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".
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".
7/18/2025, 10:27:34 AM
Whites are just enjoying a momentary position of privilege in the world order. Europe learned the basic concepts like the number system, decimal numbers and negative numbers from India. None of your modern technology would have been possible with the christian numerals. Now you think that you are superior just because of a couple of centuries of dominance. Well your good times are going to come to a well deserved end because of your arrogance and with in your lifetimes.
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