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Non-power positional number representation systems, bijective numeration, and the Mesoamerican discovery of zero

Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica was a fertile crescent for the development of number systems. A form of vigesimal system seems to have been present from the first Olmec civilization onwards, to which succeeding peoples made contributions. We discuss the Maya use of the representational redundancy present...

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Autores principales: Rojo-Garibaldi, Berenice, Rangoni, Costanza, González, Diego L., Cartwright, Julyan H.E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8022160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33851058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06580