TOAWNIF Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 The theory that I am attempting to formulate is being complicated by the intrusion of ancient Greeks into the mix. Their number system is decimal in nature (probably lacking zero). My question is this. How old would a decimal Greek number system be likely to be? Could it be older for instance than the Arabic Islamic system which, by definition, must be newer than 500AD I always believed that the Muslims invented the decimal system. A date would be useful. :-) :-) ------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 http://www.math.tamu.edu/~dallen/history/gr_count/gr_count.html That is pre 1st millenium BC, and it implies that ancient egyption was also base 10, which would be even older. http://www.eyelid.co.uk/numbers.htm And tehre we go.... Have fun, google is an amazing tool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOAWNIF Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 Thanks. Yes I'm getting the hang of it, slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOAWNIF Posted December 8, 2006 Author Share Posted December 8, 2006 I have got what I need from this Thread thank you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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