I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

Like many concepts in mathematics, exponents are a symbolic notation that create a simplified form of writing an equation. For instance, if you have 2 raised to the power of 3, (which is also ...

Algebraic notation close algebraic notationA series or system of written symbols used to represent numbers, amounts or elements in mathematics. is used to present information concisely.