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Hindu-Arabic numeral

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Noun1.Hindu-Arabic numeral - one of the symbols 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0Hindu-Arabic numeral - one of the symbols 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0
numeral, number - a symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school"


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Fibonacci is best known to the modern world for: The spreading of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system in Europe, primarily through the publication in the early 13th century of his Book of Calculation, the Liber Abaci.
In the All Souls manuscript they are written in Hindu-Arabic numerals throughout the text; however all of the major tables are missing in that manuscript, but those few that are included have Hindu-Arabic numerals.
The translation and distribution of this information to Europe and other countries was a turning point in history and the nine-number system then became known as Arabic or Hindu-Arabic numerals.
 
 
 
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