AC> When one of your comrades claimed modern math came from far
 AC> easterners, you didn't seem to care.  You didn't name anyone, as
 AC> I challenged.  Romans did just fine without a formal zero.
 AC> Calculus is more impressive than algebra. Arabians are caucasians,
 AC> that's close enough to white. However, white Europeans gave us
 AC> "zero" and algebra.  It's just that Europe was already using a
 AC> different numbering system while the rest of the world was nearly
 AC> completely math ignorant.  When base 10 came along, even the
 AC> genetically inferior races could get into math as they could
 AC> count on their fingers.
Those wacky europeans were using the inferior roman numeral system until they 
learned of base-ten from arabs.  Arabs and indians had been usng base-ten for 
some time.
Math Guy
--- GoldED 2.50+
---------------