Numerical Notation

Numerical Notation
Author: Stephen Chrisomalis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2010-01-18
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0521878187
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This book is a cross-cultural reference volume of all attested numerical notation systems, encompassing more than 100 such systems used over the past 5,500 years. Using a typology that defies unilinear evolutionary models, Stephen Chrisomalis identifies five basic types of numerical notation systems, tracks relationships between systems, and creates a general model of change that incorporates social, historical, and cognitive factors.