History of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system
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The Hindu–Arabic numeral system is a decimal place-value numeral system that uses a zero glyph as in "205".[1]
Its glyphs are descended from the Indian Brahmi numerals. The full system emerged by the 8th to 9th centuries, and is first described outside India in Al-Khwarizmi's On the Calculation with Hindu Numerals (ca. 825), and second Al-Kindi's four-volume work On the Use of the Indian Numerals (ca. 830).[2] Today the name Hindu–Arabic numerals is usually used.