top | item 19145446 (no title) creative-coder | 7 years ago The Hindu–Arabic numerals are monosyllabic in most Indian languages (e.g. Hindi, Bengali, etc.) as well discuss order hn newest FraaJad|7 years ago You can just call them Indian numbers. "Arabic" didn't contribute anything to the number system except using them.Calling them as "Arabic" numbers is as dated as words like "Orientals", "Indians" to refer to native Americans, etc., yesenadam|7 years ago They're Indian, true. Well, the world is like that - thus Boyer's law:"Mathematical formulas and theorems are usually not named after their original discoverers"and Stigler's law of eponymy: "No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy moate|7 years ago According to whom? I've never heard of this though before. Are you saying the Persians didn't add value and therefor don't deserve credit? load replies (2)
FraaJad|7 years ago You can just call them Indian numbers. "Arabic" didn't contribute anything to the number system except using them.Calling them as "Arabic" numbers is as dated as words like "Orientals", "Indians" to refer to native Americans, etc., yesenadam|7 years ago They're Indian, true. Well, the world is like that - thus Boyer's law:"Mathematical formulas and theorems are usually not named after their original discoverers"and Stigler's law of eponymy: "No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy moate|7 years ago According to whom? I've never heard of this though before. Are you saying the Persians didn't add value and therefor don't deserve credit? load replies (2)
yesenadam|7 years ago They're Indian, true. Well, the world is like that - thus Boyer's law:"Mathematical formulas and theorems are usually not named after their original discoverers"and Stigler's law of eponymy: "No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy
moate|7 years ago According to whom? I've never heard of this though before. Are you saying the Persians didn't add value and therefor don't deserve credit? load replies (2)
FraaJad|7 years ago
Calling them as "Arabic" numbers is as dated as words like "Orientals", "Indians" to refer to native Americans, etc.,
yesenadam|7 years ago
"Mathematical formulas and theorems are usually not named after their original discoverers"
and Stigler's law of eponymy: "No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy
moate|7 years ago