Which individual is credited with the discovery of mathematical ideas such as: numbers being more useful than counting physical objects and that formulas
could help establish patterns in nature?
Answers are: Newton, Eratosthenes, Pythagoras, and Archimedes

Pythagoras

Explanation:

Pythagoras was a great Greek mathematician and philosopher. He is believed to be the author of concepts that claimed that numbers are more useful than counting physical objects and that formulas can help to set standards in nature.

For them, numbers were a representation of harmony and grace and that is why they established themselves as the purest essence of all things.

1. darius the great     persia  

2. piankhi       nubia

3. ezana       aksum

4.     nebuchadnezzar     babylonia

5. shalmaneser iii     assyria

explanation:

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