The Forgotten Number System - Numberphile

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Today is about Europe's long-lost medieval number system. [Renaissance Music] So, for the first thousand years, the first millennium, there was one game in town and that was Roman numerals. Everyone knows what roman numerals are: one, two, three, four, five etc. Then from the 13th century, thereabouts, there was a new guy in town and that was Arabi... Read More