Subject: Re: [HM] European or South American Long division?
From: Martin Flashman (mef2@humboldt.edu)
Date: Thu Jun 15 2000 - 15:02:08 EDT
This recent discussion reminded me of the organization of the work for
division by Stevin in his brief treatise on the use of decimal notation
for fractions. You can see this (in part) on the web at
http://home.wxs.nl/~hopfam/Dime.html .
I think you may find this of interest on the issue of how the organization
of the work has changed.
BTW, IMHO Stevin's development of decimal arithmetic was one of the most
important developments in mathematics and western science and culture.
from sunny Humboldt County, California
martin
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