Numbers were named after the number of angles they represented, and each angle represented a quantity. For example, the number one has one angle, number two two and so on. They have to be written with straight lines (not curved).
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Yes, there are numbers that are named after people. My personal favorite is Avogadro's Number, which is approximately 6.02 x 1023 and which is an important number for chemists, which is equal to the number of particles in a mole.
No. And Yes. It is actually the highest named number.Higher numbers dont have names.
Technically, the Hebrew name means "in the wilderness" but it was changed to Numbers due to the numbering (or census) of Israel tribes within the book.
Those are known as square numbers, like 4 and 9.
Mathematics, including prime numbers, is discovered, not invented.Systems and methods we use are invented, but concepts of relationships between objects governed by logic, such as the prime numbers are discovered and named. As such, a more appropriate question might be "Who discovered prime numbers?"Many have discovered prime numbers; the first is unknown to mankind.