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d3j (d3jblog@loadaverage.org)'s status on Saturday, 12-Jan-2019 09:45:18 EST d3j
♲ @fermatslibrary@twitter.com: "The nine Indian figures are:
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
With these nine figures, and with the sign 0 which the Arabs call zephir any number whatsoever is written"
Leonardo Fibonacci introducing the Hindu–Arabic numeral system to Europe with his book Liber Abaci in 1202. https://loadaverage.org/attachment/4925541