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Far-right German candidate promises to get rid of Arabic numerals

looks like the nazi got trolled pretty good.
 
Jesse Booth said:
#MakeMathematicsGreatAgain
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One small step is to understand that what are often called 'Arabic numerals' are in fact Indian. It was in India that the epoch making symbol for zero was invented and thence decimal notation. The modern system came to Europe via the Arab, hence he confusion.
 
Sweden said:
One small step is to understand that what are often called 'Arabic numerals' are in fact Indian. It was in India that the epoch making symbol for zero was invented and thence decimal notation. The modern system came to Europe via the Arab, hence he confusion.
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It's actually more complicated that that.
The first recorded zero appeared in Mesopotamia around 3 B.C. The Mayans invented it independently circa 4 A.D. It was later devised in India in the mid-fifth century, spread to Cambodia near the end of the seventh century, and into China and the Islamic countries at the end of the eighth.
What is the origin of zero? How did we indicate nothingness before ...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-origin-of-zer/
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Trump has several openings for advisors. When this guy looses, maybe Trump will hire him. They should get along great.
 
Jesse Booth said:
That's perfectly fine. Nobody serious will actually fault you for an error here or there.
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I right down the names of every sinlge person who maeks a typo for my kill lst.

OH NO
 
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