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Fleeting footsteps: tracing the conception of arithmetic and algebra in ancient China

The Hindu-Arabic 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 suppo...

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Autores principales: Yong, Lam Lay, Se, Ang Tian
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: World Scientific 2004
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1990126