please help in my maths homework

2. Find out 10 mathematical symbols from books, magazines or Internet. Collect information about their orignal Meaning and their use in different areas of Mathematics.

Dear Student, answer 2)Symbol     symbol name  meaning                                         origin=              equals sign       equality                                   Robert Recorde(1557)                  not equal         inequality                                Leonhard Euler+              plus sign           addition                                  Nicole Oresme(1360) -               minus sign     subtraction                              Johannes Widmann(1489)(  )              parentheses   calculating                                           expresion inside                    Maxime Bôcher(1909)                                            first×               times sign      multiplication                      William Oughtred(1618).                multiplication   multiplication                    J. Willard Gibbs(1902)                                        dot ÷            division sign      divide                              Johann Rahn(1659)/             division slash    division                          Thomas Twining(1718)±              plus-minus  both plus & minus                           sign               operations                   William Oughtred(1628)    
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