Rudolff, C.

Japanese: Rudolff,C.(英語表記)RudolffC
Rudolff, C.

…He indicated the decimal place with a circled number, and expressed the modern-day 21.4142 as 21⓪4①1②4③2④ (when calculating, he changed the position of ⓪①②③). Prior to this, the German Christoph Rudolff (c. 1500-c. 1545) published a compound interest table in which he used | as the equivalent of a decimal point and wrote 21.4142 as 21|4142. [Masaki Maruyama]…

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Japanese:

…彼は,〇で囲んだ数字で小数の位取りを示し,現代の21.4142を21⓪4①1②4③2④で表した(運算のときは,⓪①②③の位置を変えた)。これより以前に,ドイツのクリストフ・ルドルフChristoph Rudolff(1500ころ‐45ころ)は複利表を出版し,その中で小数点に相当するものとして|を利用して21.4142を21|4142のように記した。【丸山 正樹】。…

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