Re: measuring systems (was: Selenites)

De: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Fecha: Lunes 28 de Septiembre de 1998 18:09
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>P.S., how did the Romans do multiplication with Roman numerals?  I can't
>imagine trying to multiply XXIII by XIV without converting into Arabic
>numberals.
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I guess they just added... I remember I once read about numerical systems
and how people performed simple math with them an I don't remember how they
did but I know when seriuos arithmetic was neaded Europeans adopted the
Arabic numberals wich had been around already.

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