What was the importance of the Greek letter (chi)? “” The Spanish used it to represent the Arabic thing’ because ‘unknown Spanish didn’t have a letter that sounded similar to the Arabic pronunciation of that word. Why is now used to represent the unknown in mathematics today? ‘x’ When the Spanish texts were translated into Latin, the Greek letter was changed to the Latin ‘x’. OR is used because we can’t say in Spanish. ‘X’ ‘sh’
What was the importance of the Greek letter “” (chi)? The Spanish used it to represent the Arabic ‘unknown thing’ because Spanish didn’t have a letter that sounded similar to the Arabic pronunciation of that word. Why is ‘x’ now used to represent the unknown in mathematics today? When the Spanish texts were translated into Latin, the Greek letter was changed to the Latin ‘x’. OR ‘X’ is used because we can’t say ‘sh’ in Spanish.