History of the notation Polynomial



the earliest known use of equal sign in robert recorde s whetstone of witte, 1557. signs + addition, − subtraction, , use of letter unknown appear in michael stifel s arithemetica integra, 1544. rené descartes, in la géometrie, 1637, introduced concept of graph of polynomial equation. popularized use of letters beginning of alphabet denote constants , letters end of alphabet denote variables, can seen above, in general formula polynomial in 1 variable, s denote constants , x denotes variable. descartes introduced use of superscripts denote exponents well.








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