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[+] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)
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    True that it takes a degree of imagination. We can draw a fairly direct line from Brahmagupta, Al-Khwarizmi, Fibonacci, Piero della Francesca, to Leonardo da Vinci describing the East to West transfer of zero and the decimal place value system.

    It often comes down to what a culture considers "useful".

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