<!--QuoteBegin-sengotuvel+May 5 2007, 07:38 AM-->QUOTE(sengotuvel @ May 5 2007, 07:38 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->But the numerals are Roman numerals and I see no easy way of implementing math education using regional language numerals AND alphabet such as would be required for the simplest algebra.
[right][snapback]68312[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Yes, you must indeed have had a hard time working with Roman numerals:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I + III = IV
(a+b)^II=a^II+IIab +b^II.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--emo&
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Don't worry. Yes I do know - well, I <i>assume</i> - you mean to refer to what the earlier Europeans wrongly called 'Arabian' numerals (which the Arabians called Hindu numerals, because they got them from Samskritam). Thankfully this is a widely recognised fact now.
[right][snapback]68312[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Yes, you must indeed have had a hard time working with Roman numerals:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I + III = IV
(a+b)^II=a^II+IIab +b^II.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> Don't worry. Yes I do know - well, I <i>assume</i> - you mean to refer to what the earlier Europeans wrongly called 'Arabian' numerals (which the Arabians called Hindu numerals, because they got them from Samskritam). Thankfully this is a widely recognised fact now.