• @givesomefucks
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    35 days ago

    indian numeral system

    What?

    Literally, what?

    They’re literally called Arabic numbers…

    Who calls them “Indian numbers”? I’ve legitimately never heard that phrase…

    There was East Arabic numbers before Arabic, but that isn’t what was used for algebra and not what you use now. We use Arabic numbers.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu–Arabic_numeral_system

    from Greater Persia

    Which is the same as modern day Iran and the surrounding Arabic countries…

    science it’s just pan-arabist and isalmist propaganda to say modern numbers and algebra are due to arabic/islamic impact

    No, it’s literally what the dominant number system is called…

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals

    Where are you getting your information from?