Math historian Glen Van Brummelen came across decimal points in Giovanni Bianchini's manuscript, Tabulae primi mobilis B. Van Brummelen / Historia Mathematica, 2024 For years, historians thought ...
The decimal point was invented around 150 years earlier than previously thought, according to an analysis of astronomical tables compiled by the Italian merchant and mathematician Giovanni Bianchini ...
A recent discovery of documents dating back to the 15th century in Italy sheds new light on the history of the decimal point, revealing that this key element of mathematics was used much earlier than ...
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