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Chen Jui Hua
Member since Jun-5-02

Jun-06-02, 09:04 AM (EST)

"About the symbol of square root"

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I want to know " source of the symbol of square root" => Ёд

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alexb
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Jun-06-02, 09:18 AM (EST)

1. "RE: About the symbol of square root"
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Have a look at the following page

When there search for the word "radical". The page omits to mention, that, before Euler, the symbol has been adopted by Leibniz.

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