hdtran
Geography Police
off topic, but
It is believed by many historians that "arabic" numerals, decimal notation, zero, and algebra, in fact, had their roots in India. This was brought to the Arabs in the 9th century, then, translated to Latin around the 11th and introduced to the Europeans.
triton94949:...snip...
There are some general formulae that you should always remember, which are algebraically intuitive, if you are good with algebra (algebra was invented by the Arabs, by the way, just like numerals).
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It is believed by many historians that "arabic" numerals, decimal notation, zero, and algebra, in fact, had their roots in India. This was brought to the Arabs in the 9th century, then, translated to Latin around the 11th and introduced to the Europeans.