>>12299481To understand the natural evolution of math.
I personally take some time to read some of those old texts to understand those people's intuition and see the evolution of their intuitions.
It's really only something you'd do if you have a hard-on for math.
>>12299571You don't need anything.
people there are people that want to know because they like math, thus, they describe the history of math into a book to share with other lovers of math.
You don't need to make retarded posts on 4chins for (You)s but you do it anyways.
people WANT to
it's different.
>>12299851kek
>>12299950historians exist, thus there is literature on history.
analoging history is their duty.
people interested in math might read about its history.
>>12300040> a set of brutal rules that govern everything.god I wish
