Symbols:Arithmetic and Algebra/Negative Quantity/Historical Note
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Historical Note on $-$ Indicator
The use of $-$ sign to indicate a negative quantity first appeared in $1489$ in a work by Johannes Widmann.
Sources
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): minus sign: 1.