Indian numerals - indosuuji

Japanese: インド数字 - いんどすうじ
Indian numerals - indosuuji

…It was introduced to Arabia and then from Arabia to Europe, so it is called Arabic numerals. It would be more accurate to call it Indian numerals (Figure 1). In India, the 10 numerals 0, 1, 2, ..., 9 and the principle of place value were skillfully combined to represent all numerals. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Indian numerals" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それがアラビアに伝わり,アラビアからヨーロッパへ入ったのでアラビア数字と呼ばれている。インド数字と呼ぶのがほんとうであろう(図1)。インドでは10個の数字0,1,2,……,9と位取りの原則をうまく組み合わせて,すべての数字を表すようにした。…

※「インド数字」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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