Mathematics Wordprocessing and Typesetting
Mathematics Wordprocessing and Typesetting
Mathematical Typesetting History
Mathematical typesetting evolved from ancient word-based methods and early symbols (Diophantus, Al-Khwarizmi) to complex modern systems, with key notation solidified by Viète, Descartes, Newton, and Euler in the 16th-18th centuries; it transitioned from laborious physical arrangement of metal type (letterpress, linotype) to specialized typewriters (IBM Selectric) and then revolutionized by Donald Knuth's TeX in the late 1970s, which introduced powerful, portable digital typesetting via markup, leading to systems like LaTeX, making complex math accessible and standardized.
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