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Fleeting Footsteps : Tracing The Conception Of Arithmetic And Algebra In Ancient China.
The HinduArabic numeral system (1, 2, 3 ...) is one of mankind'sgreatest achievements and one of its most commonly usedinventions. How did it originate? Those who have written about thenumeral system have hypothesized that it originated in India; however, there is little evidence to support thi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
World Scientific,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The HinduArabic numeral system (1, 2, 3 ...) is one of mankind'sgreatest achievements and one of its most commonly usedinventions. How did it originate? Those who have written about thenumeral system have hypothesized that it originated in India; however, there is little evidence to support this claim. This book provides considerable evidence to show that theHinduArabic numeral system, despite its commonly accepted name, has its origins in the Chinese rod numeral system. This system waswidely used in China from antiquity till the 16th century. It was usedby officials, astronomers, traders and o. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (266 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789812567253 9812567259 1281880736 9781281880734 |