Arabic Numerals in School Draw Strong Opposition in Brookings Register Poll

[KY_EnviroGuy]

2. Probably more historically correct.

It's interesting to read about the evolution of our (among other names) Hindu-Arabic numeration system. Seems to depend on context, whether one is referring to the system or just the appearance of the written symbols:

Arabic numerals

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals

In our current form, one could even use the name African Numerals:
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Arabic numerals are the ten digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. The term often implies a number written in the Hindu–Arabic numeral system[1] (where the position of a digit indicates the power of 10 to multiply it by), the most common system for the symbolic representation of numbers in the world today. However, it can also refer to the digits themselves, such as in the statement "octal numbers are written using Arabic numerals."

The Hindu-Arabic numeral system was developed by Indian mathematicians around AD 500[1] using quite different forms of the numerals. From India, the system was adopted by Arabic mathematicians in Baghdad and passed on to the Arabs farther west. The current form of the numerals developed in North Africa. It was in the North African city of Bejaia that the Italian scholar Fibonacci first encountered the numerals; his work was crucial in making them known throughout Europe. The use of Arabic numerals spread around the world through European trade, books and colonialism.

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