scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1751808

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Authors Michel Soutif

Publication date 20 September 2002

zbMATH Keywords

numerationzero

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Chinese mathematics (01A25) History of East and Southeast Asian mathematics (non-Chinese, non-Japanese) (01A29) History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) History of Indian mathematics (01A32) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

Review text

The author traces briefly the development of positional numeration in China, Southeast Asia and India, and its transmission to Europe through the Arabs. He notes the first recorded uses of a symbol for zero in China (a dot in about 720, the modern symbol in 1247), Southeast Asia (683) and India (876). He disagrees with G. Coèdes who held that Indochina followed Indian practice and argues instead for Chinese influence. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0977.00019].

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