Mathematics was called arithmetic (one of the six arts) in ancient China, and it was also regarded as the starting point of philosophy by ancient Greek scholars.

1. The embryonic period of mathematics (before 600 BC);

Knowing that there are the same things between two apples and two oranges is a great breakthrough in human thought. Later, humans learned to calculate the number of abstract substances such as days, months and years, and formed many systems that can record numbers. Arabic numerals eventually became the most common number system in the world.

2. The period of elementary mathematics (from 600 BC to1mid-7th century);

By16th century, elementary mathematics such as arithmetic, elementary algebra and trigonometry had been basically completed.

3. The period of variable mathematics (1mid-7th century to11920s);

The appearance of the concept of variables in the17th century made people begin to study the relationship between variables and the mutual transformation between graphs.

4. Modern mathematics period (65438+1920s to present);

In the process of studying classical mechanics, the method of calculus was invented, and set theory and mathematical logic began to develop slowly.

Mathematics has been continuously extended since ancient times, and has rich interaction with science, and both of them have benefited a lot.