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Origin of numbers
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0134561245The Numbers
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The numbers we write are made up of algorithms, (1, 2, 3, 4, etc) called arabic algorithms, to distinguish them from the roman algorithms (I; II; III; IV; etc.).0134561245
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0134561245The arabs popularise these algorithms, but their origin goes back to the phenecian merchants that used them to count and do their commercial contability.
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0134561245Have you ever asked the question why 1 is one, 2 is two, 3 is three..?
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0134561245What is the logic that exist in the arabic algorithms?
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0134561245Easy, very easy!There are angles!
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0134561245Look at these algorithms written in their primitive form and check it up!
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01345612451 angle2 angles3 angles4 angles
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01345612455 angles6 angles7 angles8 angles
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01345612459 angles
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0134561245And the most interesting and intelligent of all..
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Zero angle !
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0134561245Moral of the story:
It is never late to learn!
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