Editing Mathematical notation (section)

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'''Mathematical notation''' consists of using [[glossary of mathematical symbols|symbols]] for representing [[operation (mathematics)|operation]]s, unspecified [[number]]s, [[relation (mathematics)|relation]]s, and any other [[mathematical object]]s and assembling them into [[expression (mathematics)|expression]]s and [[formula]]s. Mathematical notation is widely used in [[mathematics]], [[science]], and [[engineering]] for representing complex [[concept]]s and [[property (philosophy)|properties]] in a concise, unambiguous, and accurate way.

For example, the physicist [[Albert Einstein]]'s formula <math>E=mc^2</math> is the quantitative representation in mathematical notation of [[mass–energy equivalence]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Einstein |first=Albert |date=1905 |title=Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig? |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/andp.19053231314 |journal=Annalen der Physik |language=de |volume=323 |issue=13 |pages=639–641 |doi=10.1002/andp.19053231314 |bibcode=1905AnP...323..639E |issn=0003-3804}}</ref>

Mathematical notation was first introduced by [[François Viète]] at the end of the 16th century and largely expanded during the 17th and 18th centuries by [[René Descartes]], [[Isaac Newton]], [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]], and overall [[Leonhard Euler]].