Numbers were first used by Paleolithic peoples around 30000 BC. The word Zero is derived from the Arabic translation of the Sanskrit śūnya, meaning void or empty, into ṣifr (صفر) meaning empty or vacant.
The first use of Negative numbers can be traced back to 100 BC - 50 BC. By the 4th century BC, late Olmec people of south-central Mexico used the number zero. According to Francis Maseres, an English mathematician, negative numbers do not exist. In 1759 he wrote that " negative numbers darken the very whole doctrines of the equations and make dark of the things which are in their nature excessively obvious and simple".
The different sets of nubers are Natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, superreal, hyperreal and surreal numbers.
In 1799, complex numbers were described by Caspar Wessel. Negative numbers were used to represent debt in India during the 7 the century.
The first use of Negative numbers can be traced back to 100 BC - 50 BC. By the 4th century BC, late Olmec people of south-central Mexico used the number zero. According to Francis Maseres, an English mathematician, negative numbers do not exist. In 1759 he wrote that " negative numbers darken the very whole doctrines of the equations and make dark of the things which are in their nature excessively obvious and simple".
The different sets of nubers are Natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, superreal, hyperreal and surreal numbers.
In 1799, complex numbers were described by Caspar Wessel. Negative numbers were used to represent debt in India during the 7 the century.