Talk:History of mathematics
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Best notational system?
[edit]"The notational system of the Babylonians was the best of any civilization until the Renaissance"
Boyer, C.B. (1991) [1989], A History of Mathematics (2nd ed.), New York: Wiley, ISBN 978-0-471-54397-8
This doesn't make sense even though it's sourced. Europeans imported hindu numerals during the Renaissance, they didn't invent them, therefore the Renaissance did not produce a new notational system, therefore that quote is misleading and very euro-centric. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.222.148.189 (talk) 20:49, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
David dclork li is a block evader
[edit]This comment was used to delete a long post by the person named. I had fixed some of his many mistakes in English, and if the deleted information is incorrect of course it should be removed. But if the information is correct, it should not be deleted no matter who posted it. Rick Norwood (talk) 09:50, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
European numbers
[edit]there are no European numbers, those are Arabic numbers. 2603:7000:DFF0:14F0:A585:7FC7:720E:E45C (talk) 03:20, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
- The actual Arabic numerals are ٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩ (see Eastern Arabic numerals). The numbers that, in English, are often known as "Arabic numerals" are derived from those, but they aren't the numerals actually used in much of the Arabic-speaking world. So calling them "European" distinguishes them. Largoplazo (talk) 10:25, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
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