13 December 2010

A brief history of Arabic numerals and the decimal point


For those interested in this type of material, there is some relevant discussion at this Reddit thread.

3 comments:

  1. Are you aware of the '1001 Inventions' exhibition?

    http://www.1001inventions.com/

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  2. I hadn't been aware of it, Hanan. Looks fascinating. Thanks.

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  3. So the Maya actually discovered the concept of zero before the Indians. Interesting.

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