Fleeting Footsteps: Tracing The Conception Of Arithmetic And Algebra In Ancient China (Revised Edition)

Lay Yong (-) Lam, Tian Se (-) Ang

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2004

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The Hindu-Arabic numeral system (1, 2, 3,...) is one of mankind's greatest achievements and one of its most commonly used inventions. How did it originate? Those who have written about the numeral system have hypothesized that it originated in India; however, there is little evidence to support this claim.

ISBN-13
9789812386960
ISBN-10
9812386963
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Year
2004
Publication date
2004-04-08
Pages
268
Dimensions
235x162x18
Weight
530