A Origem e a evolução dos números: uma breve história

Abstract

In our daily lives we use numbers practically in every action, making it indispensable. The numbers used today have undergone evolution and modification throughout history.

Considering that various peoples such as the Babylonians, Greeks, Romans and Hindu- Arabics with different cultures, contributed to the entire process of numerical evolution. The

main objective of this work is to present the process of appearance of numbers throughout the history of mathematics, from its first forms of representation in ancient times, to its present form. As well as explaining how different peoples of antiquity created their numerical representations, highlighting each process of evolution. The research will be Bibliographically, presenting the ideas of some authors, such as Borges (2012), Ifrah (2010), Mendes (2006) and Silva (2020), on the subject. The contribution of the peoples presented above to the creation of the current numbering system was of great importance for mathematics to move from wooden markings to representations of infinite numbers. The motivation for choosing the theme came from the curiosity of how ancient peoples represented different amounts in their daily lives, extending this curiosity to how the evolution of numbers happened until reaching the present day.