Definition:Summation/Historical Note

Historical Note on Summation
The notation $\sum$ for a summation was famously introduced by in $1820$:
 * Le signe $\displaystyle \sum_{i \mathop = 1}^{i \mathop = \infty}$ indique que l'on doit donner au nombre entier $i$ toutes les valeurs $1, 2, 3, \ldots$, et prendre la somme des termes.


 * (The sign $\displaystyle \sum_{i \mathop = 1}^{i \mathop = \infty}$ indicates that one must give to the whole number $i$ all the values $1, 2, 3, \ldots$, and take the sum of the terms.)



However, some sources suggest that it was in fact first introduced by.