Do you know the origin of numbers 1,2,3,4,5………?The numbers we write are made up of algorithm. They are called Arabic algorithm. As a unique identifier from the Roman algorithm,( l, ll,lll.lV etc.)the Arabs popularize these algorithms ,but the origin goes back to the phoenician ( a race of people who lived on the eastern coasts of the mediterranean in ancient times)merchants that used them to count to do their commercial activities .
Have we ever asked the question' why" 1 'one' 2 is 'two' 3 is 'three' and so on......
What is the logic that exists in the Arabic algorithm...? The answer is easy and amazing ! I wonder how intelliegnt the primitive people had been.They are all angles and nothing more than that. No 1 has one angle, 2 has two angles and up to nine the angles are running . and number 10 is 'zero angle.And the most interesting and intelligent of all is the zero angle.
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Cute story, but it is just another cyber-myth.
This math site has something to say about it:
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/61467.html
This article seems to have more depth to it:
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/61467.html
And of course, Wikipedia weighs in to say it is a common misconception:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals
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