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Arabic numerals, you say? (sh.itjust.works)
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Yes, I know Arabic and Islamic are not synonymous. I was stretching for a silly title.

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 26 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Similar etymology for algorithm too.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

IIRC, that one comes from the name of a Persian mathematician named al-Khwarismi (sp?), from whose writings medieval mathematicians got the idea

[–] myslsl@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Al-khwarismi is the same guy who wrote al-jabr.

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