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Why Are We So Obsessed With X? - References
  • Sources:

  • A History of Mathematical Notations, Florian Cajori

  • Enlightening Symbols, Joseph Mazur


  • https://academic.oup.com/philmat/article/14/3/287/1462575

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  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S031508600600022X

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  • https://jontallen.ece.illinois.edu/uploads/537.F18/Papers/MathematicsandItsHistory-johnStillwell.pdf

  • https://bigthink.com/hard-science/quadratic-formula-history/

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6heVXg73mM

  • https://theconversation.com/x-marks-the-unknown-in-algebra-but-xs-origins-are-a-math-mystery-210440

  • https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi

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