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Who invented the subtraction plus and equal and multiplication and division signs?
Robert Recorde, who designed the equals sign, introduced plus and minus in 1557. Brahmagupta was an Indian mathematician who invented the multiplication sign around the 19th century. Johann Rahn first used the division sign in his book Teutshe algebra in 1659.
Who invented the square root?
it was Leonhard Euler, the 18th century Swiss mathematician, who invented the square root sign. However, the concept of square roots was known to the Greeks long before that around the time when Archimedes lived.
Who invented the division sign and when?
It was first used in a algebra book called "Teutshe algebra" in 1659. The author was a man named Johann Rahn.
Who was the first mathematician to use X as a sign for multiplication?
William Oughtred
Name of division sign?
obelus
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