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Please get your facts right, the present numeral system along with 0 and decimal places was designed in India, by Hindus. It was transmitted to Europe thru Arabs.
More at Wikipedia here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numerals and here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals
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Please get your facts right, the present numeral system along with 0 and decimal places was designed in India, by Hindus. It was transmitted to Europe thru Arabs.
More at Wikipedia here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numerals and here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals