History of Mathematics By krk23 300 BC Euclid's Elements That is BC 550 Indian use zero as place holder Feb 23, 1000 Proof by mathematical induction Feb 23, 1400 Ghiyath AL-Kashi introduces decimal point notational Feb 23, 1665 Newton invents fundamental theorems of calculus and his version of infintesimals Feb 23, 1673 Leibnitz version of infintesimals Feb 23, 1928 Von Nuemann invents game theory Feb 23, 1931 Godel - incompletness theorem Feb 23, 1940 Godel - axiom set theory disproved Feb 23, 1994 Fermats last theorem proved Mar 2, 2022 Systematic Algebra discovered, Al Khwarizmi Mar 2, 2022 Trig formula introduced to world