numeral system
Americannoun
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After an initial transmission of a prime number to mark the message as artificial, Jiang’s message uses the same alien alphabet to introduce our base-10 numeral system and basic mathematics.
From Scientific American • Mar. 30, 2022
In a binary numeral system, there are only two numbers: 0 and 1.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2019
That’s why we now refer to our numerals as the Hindu-Arabic numeral system.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2018
But California students, like others around the world, already use the Hindu-Arabic numeral system.
From Washington Times • Mar. 19, 2018
He also wrote a book about the Hindu numeral system, which allowed the new style of numbers to spread quickly through the Arab world—along with algorithms, the tricks for multiplying and dividing Hindu numerals quickly.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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