Variable (mathematics) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_(mathematics)In ancient works such as Euclid's Elements, single letters refer to geometric points and shapes. In the 7th century, Brahmagupta used different colours to represent the unknowns in algebraic equations in the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta. One section of this book is called "Equations of Several Colours". At the end of the 16th century, François Vièteintroduced the idea of representing known and unk…
Variable (mathematics) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Variable_(mathematics)In mathematics, a variable (from Latin variabilis, "changeable") is a symbol and placeholder for (historically) a quantity that may change, or (nowadays) any mathematical object. In particular, a variable may represent a number, a vector, a matrix, a function, the argument of a function, a set, or an element of a set.