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Guide to Cistercian Numerals

3 years ago by clitoris to c/coolguides

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danteog 16 points 3 years ago

Thanks clitoris

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clitoris 7 points 3 years ago

no problem

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norbert 6 points 3 years ago

Where have you been? Seems like I can never find you when I need to.

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StinkyDave 7 points 3 years ago

I don't see a zero.

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Tavarin 8 points 3 years ago

The other poster got you, but also European mathematics didn't really use zero in medieval times. The idea of zero only made it to Europe in the 11th century, but took a long time to become widely adopted.

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KairuByte 7 points 3 years ago

I

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StinkyDave 2 points 3 years ago

Brilliant

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antonymous 3 points 3 years ago

Now I have memories from trying to figure out the alphabet in Tunic...

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soundasleep 3 points 3 years ago

If they'd used binary with 5 options (‾ _ | / \) for 4 positions, they could have gone up to 2^20 = ~1 million...

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