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Independently from the hindus, the Aztecs too invented a zero symbol (and a numeral system based on 20).<br><br>Ingvild
<br><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 19:26:28 -0800<br>From: chazzer3332000@yahoo.com<br>To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>Subject: [sw-l] Hindu numbers<br><br>
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</style><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Yes, the Hindus created Zero, not the Arabs. The Arabs corresponded with Indian sages for centuries and brought those documents to Northern Europe in time for the Renaissance to adopt them. Newton was reading Hindu documents when he invented/discovered calculus symbolism. ASL has its own style, I've often wondered what ASL uses for scientific notation, as I've never seen a systematic "ASL for Math" book.<br><br>Charles<br><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Adam Frost <icemandeaf@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
SignWriting List <sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, February 8, 2009 7:25:28 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [sw-l] Nominal vs Cardinal numbers in ASL<br></font><br>
I just did a search on Wikipedia for Chinese numerals. It said that they used to use the characters for the numbers, but now are mostly using the Arabic numerals. I also found in the Arabic numeral article that the Arabs use what they call "Hindu numerals" which were the numbers that you saw on the Arabic translation that you referred to a few emails ago.<br><br>Adam<br><br>On Feb 8, 2009, at 3:09 PM, SignWriting wrote:<br><br>> How do Chinese documents number their pages? In Chinese? Or do they use Arabic numbers now in their own style?<br><br><br><br><br>____________________________________________<br><br>SW-L SignWriting List<br><br>Post Message<br><a href="mailto:SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a><br><br>List Archives and Help<br><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/">http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/</a><br><br>Change Email
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