See http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~cm1993/maths/mm2217/countsys.htm for discussion of Hindu-Arabic numbers and their dissemination in the West. Gordon At 10:44 AM 5/7/01 -0300, Steve Lelievre wrote:
This is off-topic, but why are they called Arabic numerals? Presumably because the system of positional significance is Arabic in origin? Also, real Arabic digits look nothing like the digits in the West (see attached for 0 to 9, Arabic style). Why and when did the differences arise? Steve
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