The origins of the decimal point, something millions of people use daily, may be much older than we first thought. It was initially considered to have originated in 1593, having been used by German ...
Math historian Glen Van Brummelen came across decimal points in Giovanni Bianchini's manuscript, Tabulae primi mobilis B. Van Brummelen / Historia Mathematica, 2024 For years, historians thought ...
A recent discovery of documents dating back to the 15th century in Italy sheds new light on the history of the decimal point, revealing that this key element of mathematics was used much earlier than ...
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