Chinese and New World Numbers

Calvin C. Clawson

Chapter Chapter 5 in The Mathematical Traveler, 1994, pp 77-94 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Although modern mathematics and our modern concept of numbers are the products of Western and Middle Eastern societies, the Chinese and Native American cultures are still of interest. Both civilizations were isolated from the influences of other peoples, especially the Native Americans. Hence, we have the opportunity to review the Chinese and Native American concepts of numbers as independent developments. This allows us to consider whether our modern idea of numbers is heavily biased by their originators, primarily the Babylonians, Egyptians, and Greeks. In other words, do people in separate societies develop completely different number systems, or are the similarities greater than the differences?

Keywords: Number System; Solar Eclipse; Number Word; Chinese Court; Native American Culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-6014-6_6

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