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Historical Development of Arabic - Hindu Numeral System
Historical Development of Arabic - Hindu Numeral System
Historical Development of Arabic - Hindu Numeral System
Development
of
Arabic – Hindu
Numeral System
Arabic-Hindu Numeral System
The Hindu–Arabic numeral system is a
Positional decimal numeral system
developed by the 9th century by Indian
mathematicians
Adopted by Persian (Al-Khwarizmi's circa
825 book On the Calculation with Hindu
Numerals)
Adopted by Arabic mathematicians (Al-
Kindi's circa 830 volumes On the Use of the
Indian Numerals)
Spread to the western world by the High
Middle Ages.
Brief History
1202
of various historical documents f rom the Visig ot hic period
in S pain, written in the y ear 976 by three monk sof the
Riojan monastery of S an Martín de Albelda.
published in 1202.