阿拉伯数码创造者新考

A New Investigation of the Arabic Numerals

现在通用的"阿拉伯数码"并不是通过一次发明就定形的,它的形成有一个逐步演变的历史过程。首先,这套数码应源于古中国人创立的准十进位值制名称数码和十进位值制算筹数码,接着,古印度人在传播和使用的过程中对它进行了再创造,最后它的定形和被广泛接受也不能排斥古阿拉伯人的贡献.

The present thesis stated that the present commonly used ＂Arabic numerals＂ was not a result of just one invention, but a result of a historical process of gradual evolution. Firstly, the set of Arabic numerals should have originated from the numerals of the sub - decimal system created by the ancient Chinese. Later on, the Indians made further creations in their application of the numerals. Finally, they have come into fixed forms and have been extensively accepted world wide, in which the contribution of the Arabians should not have been ignored.