Hindu-Arabic Numeral System
The Hindu-Arabic numeral system is the familiar system composed of the ten digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. This numeral system was developed in India around 500 A.D. It is also referred to as the Arabic numeral system because it was introduced to Europe by North African Arabs in the tenth century.
The publication of Fibonacci's Liber Abaci is credited with widely promoting the use of Hindu-Arabic numerals in the West. For centuries previously, Europeans mainly used the relatively clumsy Roman numeral system.
The publication of Fibonacci's Liber Abaci is credited with widely promoting the use of Hindu-Arabic numerals in the West. For centuries previously, Europeans mainly used the relatively clumsy Roman numeral system.
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