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  2. From: bernst@husc10.harvard.edu (Noam Bernstein)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
  4. Subject: Re: Seperation of Church and Elevators
  5. Message-ID: <bernst.722391496@husc10>
  6. Date: 22 Nov 92 00:18:16 GMT
  7. References: <1992Nov14.213444.25253@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Nov19.163325.662@cine88.cineca.it> <1992Nov20.153844.4982@sq.sq.com>
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  11. rick@sq.sq.com (Rick Innis) writes:
  12.  
  13. >This raises another question in my mind: anyone know how these cultures
  14. >handle mathematical expressions?  I know the west got its numbering system
  15. >from the Arabs, but what about the way we write it?
  16.  
  17. Don't know about Arabic (4 years of school Arabic vanished within two years
  18. of moving to the US during 7th grade).  At least in Hebrew, mathematical
  19. expressions are written the same as in English.  The numerals in Arabic, I
  20. do remember, are similar, but not identical.  The ones used in Hebrew are
  21. the same as English, though.
  22.  
  23. >    --Rick.
  24.  
  25.                             Noam
  26.                             noamb@das.harvard.edu
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