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In reply to the discussion: Missouri lt. gov.: We need ‘Anglo-American’ justice in Ferguson [View all]xocet
(3,871 posts)79. Hindu-Arabic....
Indian numerals
One of the important sources of information which we have about Indian numerals comes from al-Biruni. During the 1020s al-Biruni made several visits to India. Before he went there al-Biruni already knew of Indian astronomy and mathematics from Arabic translations of some Sanskrit texts. In India he made a detailed study of Hindu philosophy and he also studied several branches of Indian science and mathematics. Al-Biruni wrote 27 works on India and on different areas of the Indian sciences. In particular his account of Indian astronomy and mathematics is a valuable contribution to the study of the history of Indian science. Referring to the Indian numerals in a famous book written about 1030 he wrote:-
It is reasonable to ask where the various symbols for numerals which al-Biruni saw originated. Historians trace them all back to the Brahmi numerals which came into being around the middle of the third century BC. Now these Brahmi numerals were not just symbols for the numbers between 1 and 9. The situation is much more complicated for it was not a place-value system so there were symbols for many more numbers. Also there were no special symbols for 2 and 3, both numbers being constructed from the symbol for 1.
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http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Indian_numerals.html
One of the important sources of information which we have about Indian numerals comes from al-Biruni. During the 1020s al-Biruni made several visits to India. Before he went there al-Biruni already knew of Indian astronomy and mathematics from Arabic translations of some Sanskrit texts. In India he made a detailed study of Hindu philosophy and he also studied several branches of Indian science and mathematics. Al-Biruni wrote 27 works on India and on different areas of the Indian sciences. In particular his account of Indian astronomy and mathematics is a valuable contribution to the study of the history of Indian science. Referring to the Indian numerals in a famous book written about 1030 he wrote:-
Whilst we use letters for calculation according to their numerical value, the Indians do not use letters at all for arithmetic. And just as the shape of the letters that they use for writing is different in different regions of their country, so the numerical symbols vary.
It is reasonable to ask where the various symbols for numerals which al-Biruni saw originated. Historians trace them all back to the Brahmi numerals which came into being around the middle of the third century BC. Now these Brahmi numerals were not just symbols for the numbers between 1 and 9. The situation is much more complicated for it was not a place-value system so there were symbols for many more numbers. Also there were no special symbols for 2 and 3, both numbers being constructed from the symbol for 1.
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http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Indian_numerals.html
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Missouri lt. gov.: We need ‘Anglo-American’ justice in Ferguson [View all]
phantom power
Aug 2014
OP
There is absolutely no way he wasn't using that oddball phrase in a racist context
phantom power
Aug 2014
#30
MAYBE, but he could have left out the "Anglo-American" and it would have still been clear.
sir pball
Aug 2014
#36
Oh, that explains it. I'm glad he's not a Democrat for if he were he'd be an embarrassment to
Louisiana1976
Aug 2014
#22
It says something about the people who voted for them that they're that stupid.
Louisiana1976
Aug 2014
#12
What bothered me alongside this was - the white mayor of majority black Ferguson ran for office
calimary
Aug 2014
#21
Too bad General George Armstrong Custer isn't around to subdue the hostiles
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2014
#31
Guys--you're just off-base on this one. It's a reference to the root of American law
Romulox
Aug 2014
#37
Just google "Anglo-American law". It's common parlance among lawyers and other legal types.
Romulox
Aug 2014
#39
Those he's talking to don't know. He could have just said "American" and no one,
JoePhilly
Aug 2014
#63
Yup. If he knows the various terms available, he certainly knows when they might be ...
JoePhilly
Aug 2014
#69
No doubt, but it's rather like repeatedly saying "Our Arabic numeral heritage" in a conversation
phantom power
Aug 2014
#47
The one that codified slavery of non "Anglo-Americans"? That Anglo American law?
jtuck004
Aug 2014
#91
Centuries of "Anglo-American jurisprudence tradition" included slavery Lt. Gov. Idiot. nt
TeamPooka
Aug 2014
#46
Spoken like a low-profile low-life with plans to run for Governor next term.
TheDebbieDee
Aug 2014
#87