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... symbols whose respective values had to be added . Thus , stood for 2 , S y for 3 , for 4 , for 23 , <<< for 30. Here the symbols of higher order appear always to the left of those of lower order ... symbol for 5 ANTIQUITY THE BABYLONIANS.
... symbols whose respective values had to be added . Thus , stood for 2 , S y for 3 , for 4 , for 23 , <<< for 30. Here the symbols of higher order appear always to the left of those of lower order ... symbol for 5 ANTIQUITY THE BABYLONIANS.
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Florian Cajori. 10 times 100 , or 1000. But this symbol for 1000 was itself taken for a new unit , which could take ... symbols , which have hitherto been found , none go as high as a million.3 If , as is believed by most specialists ...
Florian Cajori. 10 times 100 , or 1000. But this symbol for 1000 was itself taken for a new unit , which could take ... symbols , which have hitherto been found , none go as high as a million.3 If , as is believed by most specialists ...
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... symbol for zero . We ask , Did the Babylonians possess one ? Had they already taken the gigantic step of representing by a symbol the absence of units ? Neither of the above tables answers this question , for they happen to contain no ...
... symbol for zero . We ask , Did the Babylonians possess one ? Had they already taken the gigantic step of representing by a symbol the absence of units ? Neither of the above tables answers this question , for they happen to contain no ...
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... symbols is very doubtful . The writing of numbers with these hieroglyphics was very cumbrous . The unit symbol of each order was repeated as many times as there were units in that order . The principle employed was the additive . Thus ...
... symbols is very doubtful . The writing of numbers with these hieroglyphics was very cumbrous . The unit symbol of each order was repeated as many times as there were units in that order . The principle employed was the additive . Thus ...
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... symbolism a defect which not even the Greeks were able to remove . The Ahmes papyrus doubtless represents the most advanced attainments of the Egyptians in arithmetic and geometry . It is remarkable that they should have reached so ...
... symbolism a defect which not even the Greeks were able to remove . The Ahmes papyrus doubtless represents the most advanced attainments of the Egyptians in arithmetic and geometry . It is remarkable that they should have reached so ...
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