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Cangelosi, J. (2020). Spring 2020 Definitions, Axioms, Theorems.

Hiebert, J. (1988). A theory of developing competence with written mathematical symbols. Educational studies in mathematics, 19(3), 333-355.

Izen, S. P. (1998). Proof in modern geometry. The Mathematics Teacher, 91(8), 718-720.

Jones, I., Pratt, D., Jones, I., & Pratt, D. (2006). The equals sign and me. In Mathematics Teaching.

Knott, R. P. (1977). Historical Topics: A History of Set Theory Notation. Mathematics in School, 6(2), 17-20.

Lankham, I., Nachtergaele, B., & Schilling, A. (2007). Some Common Mathematical Symbols and Abbreviations (with History).

Mazur, J. (2014). Enlightening symbols: A short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers. Princeton University Press.

Thackeray, W. M. (1994) A Brief History of Algebra and Computing.

TED-Ed. (30 October 2017). Where do math symbols come from? - John David Walters [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVm063xmnow