ABSTRACT
As.in.the.developments.of.other.fields.of.science.and.technology,.mathematics.has. also.played.an.important.role.in.the.development.of.reliability.technology,.quality,. and.human.reliability.and.error.fields..The.history.of.mathematics.may.be. traced. back.more.than.2,000.years.to.the.development.of.our.current.number.symbols..The. first.evidence.of.the.use.of.these.symbols.is.found.on.stone.columns.erected.by.the. Scythian.emperor.Asoka.of.India.in.250.BC.1
