Symbols:Arithmetic and Algebra/Addition/Historical Note
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Historical Note on $+$ sign
The use of $+$ sign in the context of addition of numbers first appeared in $1518$ in a work by Henricus Grammateus.
Sources
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): plus sign: 2.