The numerals have found worldwide use significantly beyond the contemporary spread of the Latin alphabet, and have become commonly used in the writing systems in where other numeral systems existed previously, such as Chinese and Japanese numerals.Įvolution of Indian numerals into Arabic numerals and their adoption in Europe European trade, books, and colonialism helped popularize the adoption of Arabic numerals around the world. It was in the Algerian city of Béjaïa that the Italian scholar Fibonacci first encountered the numerals his work was crucial in making them known throughout Europe. The term numbers or numerals or digits often implies only these symbols, however this can only be inferred from context. The Oxford English Dictionary differentiates them with the fully capitalized Arabic Numerals to refer to the Eastern digits. They are also called Western Arabic numerals, Ghubār numerals, Hindu-Arabic numerals, Western digits, Latin digits, or European digits. The term often implies a decimal number, in particular when contrasted with Roman numerals. They are also used for writing numbers in other systems such as octal, and for writing identifiers such as computer symbols, trademarks, or license plates. They are the most commonly used symbols to write decimal numbers. Arabic numerals are the ten numerical digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
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