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| Topic | My son just got back from school, and I found out they taught him Arabic numbers |
| Michael_Booth 03/02/24 10:15:27 AM #5: | I'm afraid your joke doesn't really work, as Western numerals are actually called "Hindu-Arabic numerals", as the symbols were actually invented by Indian mathematicians (and the country at the time was called Hindustan by other regions) in the 3rd-4th century, they were only later "adopted" by Arabic mathematicians in the 9th century. They differentiate from Eastern Arabic numerals, which are commonly used today in the Middle East: , , , , , , , , ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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