The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c6.132
The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c6.132
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A bizarre derivation based upon early Arabic (c. 1040 A.D.) sources is given by Kircher in his work¹ on number mysticism. He quotes from Abenragel,² giving the Arabic and a Latin translation³ and stating that the ordinary Arabic forms are derived from sectors of a circle, ⊕.