Fleeting footsteps: tracing the conception of arithmetic and algebra in ancient china (revised edition)
Auteur :
Ang, Tian Se / Lam, Lay Yong
Éditeur :
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN :
9789812386960
Date de publication :
8 avr. 2004
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Singapour
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.