BEFORE THE 16TH CENTURY, MOST MATH EQUATIONS WERE WRITTEN AS METERED VERSE. THANK GOD FOR GRAPHIC-DESIGN-INCLINED MATHEMATICIANS.
The study of mathematics has existed since ancient times. Multiplication tables and other math exercises have been found carved into Babylonian tablets from some 3,700 years ago. But the symbols that have become entwined with our conception of math--like the + and = signs--are in fact rather modern inventions.
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