Re:Arabic Mathematics: Forgotten Brilliance? (1999)
by wornohaulus on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:42AM
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He means none of the work is original.. neither the number system.. nor the additive and series based mathematics.. it's just a translation.. based10 numbers have been inuse in India for thousands of years.. it's like Columbus finding America..
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Re:Arabic Mathematics: Forgotten Brilliance? (1999)
by mda on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @08:00AM
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It is absolutely not "just a translation", they greatly improved and introduced new concepts over prior work of Greek and other scientists considerably. The volume of novelties of Muslim scientists of the time is huge.