Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ467660
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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The Algorists vs. the Abacists: An Ancient Controversy on the Use of Calculators.
Reynolds, Barbara E.
College Mathematics Journal, v24 n3 p218-23 May 1993
Discusses the history of different methods of representing numbers and how these representations facilitated counting and computing devices such as the abacus. (MDH)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Calculators, Coding, Computation, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics History, Number Systems
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; Japan
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