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All numbers in this book are in decimal notation unless there is an explicit indication to the contrary. (Decimal notation is normally taken for granted, of course. Unfortunately, for certain other ...

In 1593, German mathematician Christopher Clavius made a small mark that would change mathematics forever. In a sine table in his treatise on the astrolabe, Astrolabium, he indicated the fractionation ...

Decimal notation: Decimal currency uses decimal notation to express currency values, with whole numbers representing the basic unit and decimal fractions representing smaller units, such as 0.01 for ...

Fractional decimal notation uses a decimal point (in some places a comma is used) to separate the integer part from the fraction of a quantity. However, the origins of this notation are not entirely ...