Why we read Arabic numerals backwards

zbMATH Open0982.01001MaRDI QIDQ2752085FDOQ2752085

Authors: Charles Burnett 

Publication date: 7 April 2002

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zbMATH Keywords

Arabic numerals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of number theory (11-03) History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35)

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