The vigorous development of western modern mathematics is first attributed to the mathematical culture created by Pythagoras, an ancient Greek mathematician. The mathematical culture of rational speculation initiated by Pythagoras laid the foundation for the development of western mathematics since then. Therefore, the spiritual heritage of ancient Greek mathematical culture has important educational value and rich curriculum significance.

Although mathematics appeared thousands of years before ancient Greece, it belongs to empirical mathematics, and it didn't develop into deductive mathematics until ancient Greece. As an independent knowledge system, mathematics originated in ancient Greece. Since its birth, mathematicians have been pursuing truth for more than 2000 years and have achieved brilliant results.

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Ancient Greece occupies an inseparable position in the history of mathematics. The ancient Greeks attached great importance to mathematics and logic. The development history of Greek mathematics can be divided into three periods. The first period, from Ionian school to Plato school, lasted from the middle of the 7th century BC to the 3rd century BC. The second period is the pre-Alexandria period, from Euclid to BC 146, Greece was trapped in Rome. The third period was the later period of Alexandria, which was ruled by Romans and ended when 64 1 Alexandria was occupied by Arabs.