kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to CunkPosting@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 days agoArabic numerals, you say?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1366arrow-down1imageArabic numerals, you say?sh.itjust.workskersploosh@sh.itjust.works to CunkPosting@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·24 days agoSimilar etymology for algorithm too.
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·24 days agoIIRC, that one comes from the name of a Persian mathematician named al-Khwarismi (sp?), from whose writings medieval mathematicians got the idea
minus-squaremyslsl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·24 days agoAl-khwarismi is the same guy who wrote al-jabr.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·24 days agoAlright, but aside from algebra, algorithm and alcohol, what have the Muslims ever done for us?
Similar etymology for algorithm too.
IIRC, that one comes from the name of a Persian mathematician named al-Khwarismi (sp?), from whose writings medieval mathematicians got the idea
Al-khwarismi is the same guy who wrote al-jabr.
And alcohol.
Alright, but aside from algebra, algorithm and alcohol, what have the Muslims ever done for us?
Spread the use of coffee
Oh, coffee. SHUT UP!
And Al Jolson