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To: blam

Isn’t algebra Arabic in origin?


3 posted on 04/13/2022 11:35:06 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: kaktuskid

Not sure about that. But they tell us repeatedly that the zero number was an Arab invention.


9 posted on 04/13/2022 11:38:48 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: kaktuskid

Babylon. But the Greeks took it to the next level.


10 posted on 04/13/2022 11:39:10 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: kaktuskid
We use "arabic" numerals which were stolen by the Arabs from Indians.

Talk about cultural appropriation!

13 posted on 04/13/2022 11:40:40 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: kaktuskid

>>Isn’t algebra Arabic in origin?

Only the name. Diophantus was Greek.


14 posted on 04/13/2022 11:42:31 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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