Abstract
Europe in the middle Ages had inherited the clumsy Roman numerals. Then gradually the Indian system of numerals penetrated from the Arabic world into Europe.
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(2008). Tools and Topics. In: Geometrical Geodesy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68225-7_13
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