Table 1.
Main historical events of transcendental functions.
| Year/Period | Historical Event | Author |
|---|---|---|
| B.C. | Trigonometry in ancient civilizations | Anonymous |
| Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India | ||
| 190-120 | Constructed the first trigonometric table | Hipparchus of Nicaea |
| 1464 | Presents a triangle resolution procedure by Law of sines | J.M. Regiomontanus |
| 1551 | Six trigonometric functions are published for the first time | Georg Joachim R. |
| 1540-1603 | Introduces modern algebra notation | F. Vieta |
| 1552-1632 | His work contributed to Prosthaphaeresis calculus | Jost Bürgi |
| 1614 | Introduced the first logarithm tables | J. Naphier |
| 1617 | The first table of base-10 logarithm was compiled | H. Briggs |
| 1620 | Presented the first base-10 logarithmic tables for trigonometric functions | Edmund Gunter |
| 1748 | Defined the concept of function | L. Euler |
| 1761 | Introduced hyperbolic functions | J.H. Lambert |
| 1765-1767 | Developed properties of hyperbolic functions | V. Ricatti |
| 1758 | Solves Diophantine equation x = q + xn (the direct antecedent of W(x)) | J.H. Lambert |
| 1925 | The formal proposal for inverse of is presented | Pólya Y Szegö |
| 1990s | Algorithms to evaluate W(x) are implemented | Corless & Developers |