[Bob Ireland]

I don't get it, the numbers that we use are Arabic numerals - or so I have been taught all my life. 🤔 What's the rub?

[little jeremiah]

Interesting factoid: “Arabic numerals were actually from India. Muslim invaders adopted them and the world calls them “arabic”. Let me look:

The origin of the numeral system commonly known as “Arabic numerals” lies in ancient India, where mathematicians developed the decimal place-value system, including the revolutionary concept of zero, as early as the 6th century CE.
This system, known as the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, was devised by Indian scholars seeking a more efficient method for representing numbers and performing calculations.
The numerals were transmitted westward through trade and scholarly exchange, reaching Persia and then the Arab world, where they were adopted, refined, and further disseminated by scholars such as al-Khwarizmi and al-Kindi during the 8th and 9th centuries.
Although the system became known as “Arabic numerals” in Europe due to its transmission through Arabic texts and scholars, its true origin is Indian, and Arab mathematicians themselves refer to these numerals as “Indian numerals”.

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[bitt]

that’s the funny part!

[Melian]

Re Numerals:

I think that was Catturd’s joke.

[Axenolith]

THATS the rub, it’s trolling! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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