This may be the most ignorant of Jeet's statements yet. The Greeks invented mathematics. The Arabs merely transcribed & preserved it.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/857442076832571392 …
a) Not what he said. b) Algorithm -> al-Khawarizmi. Persian, granted, but Baghdadi. Jeet's correct, Lex.
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Looks like his English is even worse than his math. Also, you've admitted that Al-Khwarizmi wasn't Arab. So, no, Jeet is wrong.
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Funny thing, went to look up decimal fractions: al-Kashi was also Persian! Both wrote in Arabic, in Arab lands. Consider the hairs split.
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Agreed.
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