Abstract:This paper is an account on the first steps in the relationship of the mankind with the numbers, but including also how the numbers were used to order so different and important aspects as the trade or the calendar.
KEY WORDS: History of numbers, arithmetic.RESUMEN: En el artículo se pasa revista a las primeras andanzas de la humanidad con los números, hasta mostrar como estos acabaron imponiendo su orden en asuntos tan diversos y fundamentales como el comercio o la elaboración del calendario. Creció el número… Show more
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