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unusual facts about Rod calculus


Rod calculus

This form of fraction with numerator on top and denominator at bottom without a horizontal bar in between, was transmitted to Arabic country in a 825AD book by al Khwarizmi via India, and in use by 10th century Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi and 15th century Jamshīd al-Kāshī's work "Arithematic Key".


Multiplication

In the mathematical text Zhou Bi Suan Jing, dated prior to 300 BC, and the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, multiplication calculations were written out in words, although the early Chinese mathematicians employed Rod calculus involving place value addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.


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