Author : Charles Burnett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781409403685
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (36 download)
Book Synopsis Numerals and Arithmetic in the Middle Ages by : Charles Burnett
Download or read book Numerals and Arithmetic in the Middle Ages written by Charles Burnett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third volume of studies by Charles Burnett brings together articles on the different numeral forms used in the Middle Ages. Some 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.