Definition:Decimal Notation/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Decimal Notation
The earliest known discussion of the system of decimal notation is found in a work by Bhaskara II Acharya from the $12$th century.
However, there is evidence to suggest that some form of decimal notation was known about for some $500$ years before that.
Sources
- 1938: A. Geary, H.V. Lowry and H.A. Hayden: Mathematics for Technical Students, Part One ... (next): Arithmetic: Chapter $\text I$: Decimals