Numerals and Arithmetic in the Middle Ages
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31.01 history of mathematics
500-1500
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abacus calculation methods
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Arithmetic
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Hindu-Arabic digits
historical arithmetic texts
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History (form)
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Latin numeration systems
Matematik historia
Mathematics
Mathematiques medievales
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Medieval
medieval mathematics
medieval numeral transmission studies
Medieval studies
Number theory
Numbers
Numerals
Numerals History To 1500
Numeration
Numeration History To 1500
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Rakneord historia
Roman numeral notation
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To 1500
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- ISBN 9781409403685
- Format: Hardback
- Weight: 793g
- Dimensions: 150 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 28 Dec 2010
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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This volume, the third by Charles Burnett in the Variorum series, brings together articles on the different numeral forms used in the Middle Ages, and their use in mathematical and other contexts. Some pieces study the introduction of Hindu-Arabic numerals into Western Europe, documenting, in more detail than anywhere else, the different forms in which they are found, before they acquired the standard shapes with which we are familiar today. Others deal with experiments with other forms of numeration within Latin script: e.g., using the first nine Roman numerals as symbols with place value, abbreviating the Roman numerals, and using the Latin letters as numerals. The author discusses how different types of numerals are used for different purposes, and the application of numerals to the abacus, and to calculation with pen and ink. The studies include the critical edition of several Latin texts.
Charles Burnett is Professor of the History of Islamic Influences in Europe at the Warburg Institute, University of London, UK
