A brief history of numerical systems - Alessandra King

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9... and 0. With just these ten symbols, we can write any rational number imaginable. But why these particular symbols? Why ten of them? And why do we arrange them the way we do? Alessandra King gives a brief history of numerical systems.
Lesson by Alessandra King, animation by Zedem Media.

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  • @LeaD2000
    @LeaD20007 жыл бұрын

    The graphic design and the animation are so good on this one! Seriously, Ted, give my sincere congratulations to the person who drew this.

  • @unebellepatience1197

    @unebellepatience1197

    7 жыл бұрын

    Lea D sometimes I get carried away and focus on the graphics because they are so good lol x

  • @elenakusevska6266

    @elenakusevska6266

    7 жыл бұрын

    I was just thinking the exact same thing. It's... pretty :)

  • @-spacechild913

    @-spacechild913

    7 жыл бұрын

    Lea D Yeah. It's so aesthetically pleasing.

  • @paarthsharma7063

    @paarthsharma7063

    5 жыл бұрын

    I know right exactly

  • @PastorGooch

    @PastorGooch

    2 жыл бұрын

    i will

  • @abdullahmoiz8151
    @abdullahmoiz81517 жыл бұрын

    Ted has some of the best animations on KZread

  • @yeojinlee998

    @yeojinlee998

    4 жыл бұрын

    the whole world is frightening to death to even mention the name of Mighty Persian mathematician who invented the numbers and passed to mankind. They say Arabic numbers or Indian but not Iranian. Where these animosities come from? Search the name, mighty Persian Mathematician known as Kharazmy.

  • @thangel1578

    @thangel1578

    4 жыл бұрын

    You are not see kurgezsagt

  • @fuzion6455

    @fuzion6455

    4 жыл бұрын

    The infographics show and life noggin

  • @LOLLOL-ui9up

    @LOLLOL-ui9up

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@thangel1578 wha-

  • @zakuro8532

    @zakuro8532

    3 жыл бұрын

    You need to watch Vocaloid music videos. They have the best animation, consistently.

  • @ajaysabarish9645
    @ajaysabarish9645 Жыл бұрын

    It's not the 8th century but in the 2nd century, Bakshali Manuscript dated to 2nd century has mentioned symbols for digits 0-9. Al Kwarizmi in his book "Counting with Hindu numerals" mentioned the decimal system so it must have been mentioned before that.

  • @thestarprincess00
    @thestarprincess007 жыл бұрын

    someone give the animator of this video an award

  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd7 жыл бұрын

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  • @betochiwas

    @betochiwas

    7 жыл бұрын

    Was the mayans not the Aztecs

  • @stingfistify

    @stingfistify

    7 жыл бұрын

    no

  • @cja6174

    @cja6174

    7 жыл бұрын

    TED-Ed the Babylonians came up with everything.

  • @angelinawang4866

    @angelinawang4866

    7 жыл бұрын

    TED-Ed

  • @anerexicsumo5512

    @anerexicsumo5512

    7 жыл бұрын

    TED-Ed what is the intro

  • @_._enril_._
    @_._enril_._7 жыл бұрын

    This video is so asthetically pleasing. I love the simple shapes in every transition and shot.

  • @yashvardhanrautela
    @yashvardhanrautela7 жыл бұрын

    2:06 thanks for showing the correct map of India

  • @chirhoiota885

    @chirhoiota885

    7 жыл бұрын

    ??

  • @hjorth3387

    @hjorth3387

    7 жыл бұрын

    I think he means that India owns all of the Kashmir region Edit: or maybe not the whole region but what the indians claim to be theirs

  • @GajanaNigade

    @GajanaNigade

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yashvardhan Rautela that's what you took from the video?

  • @GajanaNigade

    @GajanaNigade

    7 жыл бұрын

    major bat What is India?

  • @Human791

    @Human791

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kashmir will never be part of india

  • @AbhishekRajNahar
    @AbhishekRajNahar7 жыл бұрын

    The zero was also invented in India

  • @eolgrillo

    @eolgrillo

    4 жыл бұрын

    She mentioned it dude

  • @kaox44

    @kaox44

    3 жыл бұрын

    0 零 ○ ٠

  • @AbhishekRajNahar

    @AbhishekRajNahar

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@eolgrillo Timestamp?

  • @eolgrillo

    @eolgrillo

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AbhishekRajNahar Just rewatch the video, It's not my problem she hurt your feelings.

  • @shoaibshaikh1584

    @shoaibshaikh1584

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AbhishekRajNahar its been 3 years for that comment bro, how are you holdin up?

  • @karthickjayaraman840
    @karthickjayaraman8407 жыл бұрын

    Isn't the '0' invented in Ancient India, by Aryabhattta ?

  • @user-vo8zx1db6m

    @user-vo8zx1db6m

    6 жыл бұрын

    YOU CAN'T INVENT ZERO

  • @karthikbhat2075

    @karthikbhat2075

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes Thts wat the video said, but didn't mention Aryabhatta's name.

  • @mohammedraqib6418

    @mohammedraqib6418

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@user-vo8zx1db6m not by you and me. Not say invent then what you say found.

  • @maheshnayak6382

    @maheshnayak6382

    5 жыл бұрын

    A symbol for zero, a large dot likely to be the precursor of the still-current hollow symbol, is used throughout the Bakhshali manuscript, a practical manual on arithmetic for merchants.[29] In 2017 three samples from the manuscript were shown by radiocarbon dating to come from three different centuries: from 224-383 AD, 680-779 AD, and 885-993 AD, making it the world's oldest recorded use of the zero symbol. It is not known how the birch bark fragments from different centuries that form the manuscript came to be packaged together

  • @9759254804

    @9759254804

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mayans were the first who used 0 but there represantation was slightly different and this civilization's work on numbers came in light recently... 0 which we use in present Hindu Arabic numeric system invented by aryabhatta..And these both civilization used 0 because these numeric system had place value and this was the main character stick they had which was not present in earlier numeric systems like Egyptian numeric system.

  • @MedEighty
    @MedEighty7 жыл бұрын

    This makes me grateful that I live at a time when the modern number system is already in place.

  • @user-vo8zx1db6m

    @user-vo8zx1db6m

    6 жыл бұрын

    _Would've been great in bass 12_

  • @danielmcelroy4505

    @danielmcelroy4505

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@user-vo8zx1db6m bass 12 is the final level of jazz

  • @bryaneberly3588

    @bryaneberly3588

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ain’t nothing keeping it from changing besides discovery 😉

  • @keen125

    @keen125

    3 жыл бұрын

    Base 8 and base 16 is better

  • @lp.8185

    @lp.8185

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not only that but a lot of humans just see it at their pleasure! What a world

  • @olliemoee
    @olliemoee7 жыл бұрын

    I just discovered this channel last night and since then I've been binge watching all the videos lol I subscribed midway of the first video I watched. Glad I found it.

  • @qwertycomp9618
    @qwertycomp96183 жыл бұрын

    I especially love the style of the art in this episode! Well done!!

  • @san-chil
    @san-chil3 жыл бұрын

    Zero was first used in India by Indians as a NUMBER and hence India is generally given the credit for Zero. Mayans, Babylonians and most likely Indians as well used it earlier, but only as a placeholder and not a number. It was Brahmagupta who elevated zero to the status of a number and formally stated mathematical rules to use it as a number. Aryabhatta also may have been aware of zero as a number but all of his original work has been lost. Why is it Called the Indian-Arabic Numeral System? Fibonacci called this system the “the Modus Indorum” or “method of the Indians” (the Brahmi and Hindu) and introduced it in his masterwork Liber Abaci (1202). Fibonacci calls the Indian-Arabic numeral system “the method of the Indians” because the system originated in India. It was then brought to the middle-east by Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. Thus today we call it the Indian-Arabic system after the two cultures who developed the system before us. The omission and whitewashing of Brahmagupta and India's contribution to the numerical system seems to be a very deliberate act. Observe how facts of zero's use as a number is deliberately misrepresented and misguided and falsely attributed to the Mayans and other cultures. Mayans and other older cultures used it as a placeholder and not a number. At the end of the day this is merely pop culture and all the misrepresentations stated here in wonderful graphics becomes the truth. Nobody would care for scholarly articles such as Liber Abaci by Fibonacci.

  • @girlsensation

    @girlsensation

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the facts! 😊

  • @ionian4730

    @ionian4730

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pythagorean arithmetic system kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWRk0JSNg9vTj7g.html

  • @ThatisnotHair

    @ThatisnotHair

    3 ай бұрын

    She literally said lndians invented zero. Did you even watch the video?

  • @melkermillton5030
    @melkermillton50307 жыл бұрын

    One of the most beautiful and well explained videos I have ever seen. Thank you TED-ed!

  • @ionian4730

    @ionian4730

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pythagorean arithmetic system kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWRk0JSNg9vTj7g.html

  • @MINNIX0
    @MINNIX02 жыл бұрын

    THIS MAKES MATHS so more enjoyable, and calm

  • @ionian4730

    @ionian4730

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pythagorean arithmetic system kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWRk0JSNg9vTj7g.html

  • @miyoshichiharu5323
    @miyoshichiharu53237 жыл бұрын

    こういうのずっと気になってた I've long been wondering such historical backgrounds. Great video, thank you.

  • @maxia5
    @maxia57 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for such a great video! Intetesting and done beautifully - i'm really impressed with the animation.

  • @JosiahFarnsworth
    @JosiahFarnsworth7 жыл бұрын

    Great info, fantastic animation! Keep up the good work!

  • @Merthalophor
    @Merthalophor7 жыл бұрын

    there are 10 kinds of people those who know binary and those who don't and... . . . . . . . . those who didn't expect this was a base 3 joke

  • @DS-Pakaemon

    @DS-Pakaemon

    7 жыл бұрын

    Merthalophor Dduuuuddddeeeeeee

  • @reagandees8825
    @reagandees88257 жыл бұрын

    The colors in this animation are sooooooo pretty. I really want a color palette of them

  • @diamondseraphin9794
    @diamondseraphin97947 жыл бұрын

    I'm taking a Gen. Ed. course in college called Contemporary Mathematics (number theory, stats, set theory, etc.) It's all fairly simple for me but not so much for some of my classmates. We are learning about this right now, and I gotta say...TED Ed, this 5 minute video is easier to understand than 75 mins worth of ramblings from my professor. Definitely gonna share this video with my classmates 👍

  • @BlackStarrSoul
    @BlackStarrSoul7 жыл бұрын

    These animations were amazing and so fluid. Nice job!

  • @danielrhouck
    @danielrhouck7 жыл бұрын

    To write any rational number using our standard notation, you also need a negative sign (−) and some way of representing division (such as ÷ or fractions with a horizontal bar or slash)

  • @danielrhouck

    @danielrhouck

    10 ай бұрын

    @@andrecorreaishida6999 That only lets you write some rational numbers; for others you also need an overline if you want to stick to standard notation. And the negative sign is still needed.

  • @danielrhouck

    @danielrhouck

    10 ай бұрын

    @@andrecorreaishida6999 My point is, the video said you could write *any* rational number with just the ten digits, and just adding a decimal point (and minus sign) gets you only some of them. But either way, the “punctuation” of math is important; digits aren’t enough.

  • @kaykay9787
    @kaykay97877 жыл бұрын

    Credits to Arybhatta who invented zero(0)... Excellent animation, btw!

  • @PranabMallick.

    @PranabMallick.

    3 жыл бұрын

    Aryabhata also invented Decimal Notation,Familiar/Arabic Numbers(Arabs adopted from India),Place Value System and Pi System in his book Sidanta(Solution) in 500CE kzread.info/dash/bejne/lHiFzdKHktbSqZc.html

  • @magnus2111

    @magnus2111

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PranabMallick. ok and?

  • @PranabMallick.

    @PranabMallick.

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@magnus2111 And he is the one behind sine and cosine

  • @Welivecurious
    @Welivecurious2 жыл бұрын

    अद्भुत ! सभी पेरेंट्स को देखना चाहिए यह वीडियो और अपने बच्चों से इस बारे मैं बात करनी चाहिए। मैथ क्यूरोसिटी के बहुत जगह है घर पर होने वाली बातचीत मैं Homeschoolers मैं Math Curiosity पैदा करने के लिए हम भी प्राइमरी के बच्चों के साथ काम और कोशिशें कर रहे हैं

  • @ninadpurani8579
    @ninadpurani85797 жыл бұрын

    I guess Indian mathematician Aryabhatta was the inventor of the number 0 not the Mayans.

  • @zarifsafwanhoque4127

    @zarifsafwanhoque4127

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ninad Purani It could be that both of these civilizations developed the concept of 0 simultaneously.

  • @garrusn7702

    @garrusn7702

    6 жыл бұрын

    Both civilizations acknowledged the zero separately.

  • @msdeora22

    @msdeora22

    6 жыл бұрын

    Zarif Safwan Hoque Both of them didn't develop the concept of zero simultaneously, they both did independently. Not simultaneously cause Indians did develop it well before Mayans. And they should be rightly credited for it.

  • @maheshnayak6382

    @maheshnayak6382

    5 жыл бұрын

    A symbol for zero, a large dot likely to be the precursor of the still-current hollow symbol, is used throughout the Bakhshali manuscript, a practical manual on arithmetic for merchants.[29] In 2017 three samples from the manuscript were shown by radiocarbon dating to come from three different centuries: from 224-383 AD, 680-779 AD, and 885-993 AD, making it the world's oldest recorded use of the zero symbol. It is not known how the birch bark fragments from different centuries that form the manuscript came to be packaged together

  • @zacharywhite7547

    @zacharywhite7547

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@msdeora22 can you explain us how you came to this conclusion? around what time did the mayas developed zero?

  • @MathHunter
    @MathHunter2 жыл бұрын

    I love the way how things move continuously but smoothly across the screen.

  • @The-Blue-Knight
    @The-Blue-Knight7 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love the visuals! Interesting video as well :D

  • @K0sm1cKid
    @K0sm1cKid7 жыл бұрын

    These videos are always so well done. So cool to look at, and ya learn something. :o

  • @ginrod9392

    @ginrod9392

    2 жыл бұрын

    “4” is my favorite Number because 4 Penguins and 4 Turtles.

  • @ShreyaChheda
    @ShreyaChheda7 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love the animation and artwork in this video, incredibly stunning. I could look at it all day and feel calm

  • @marie-lynnissa656
    @marie-lynnissa6567 жыл бұрын

    It's amazing how much numbers have evolved. Put aside all the historical facts (and fictions).

  • @mande303
    @mande3037 жыл бұрын

    COOL VIDEO!!!I love the way they make it.

  • @maheshnayak6382
    @maheshnayak63825 жыл бұрын

    A symbol for zero, a large dot likely to be the precursor of the still-current hollow symbol, is used throughout the Bakhshali manuscript, a practical manual on arithmetic for merchants.[29] In 2017 three samples from the manuscript were shown by radiocarbon dating to come from three different centuries: from 224-383 AD, 680-779 AD, and 885-993 AD, making it the world's oldest recorded use of the zero symbol. It is not known how the birch bark fragments from different centuries that form the manuscript came to be packaged together #TED-Ed

  • @ionian4730

    @ionian4730

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pythagorean arithmetic system kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWRk0JSNg9vTj7g.html

  • @debdipchatterjee4046
    @debdipchatterjee4046 Жыл бұрын

    The zero that ew use today was invented by Brahmagupta. In the Mayan civilisation zero was just another digit but Brahmagupta developed the 4 important properties of zero which were- 1) No result in addition, 2) No result in subtraction, 3) Multiplication results in zero and 4) Division by this number is not defined.

  • @moussse213
    @moussse2137 жыл бұрын

    Animation is just wow! So stylish!

  • @LymariArzola
    @LymariArzola Жыл бұрын

    This is a great tool to learn and teach the positional system.

  • @fabioromucho157
    @fabioromucho1572 жыл бұрын

    This also shows me that school teaches, in the vast majority of cases, horribly. I like that ted and many other channels show us why maths are important for our life. Fortunately I could get really good teachers even my mom that did her best in order to teach me in many different ways and my father as well as a engineer. I wanna become an architect and I'm making the best option in my life. :) I'm really into Maths, Physics, History, Lecture, Grammar. Nothing could make me happier. Living in a horrible school system is hard, but you made the decision in order to improve your knowledge.

  • @muhammadisaac07

    @muhammadisaac07

    2 жыл бұрын

    Right 👍👍

  • @muhammadisaac07

    @muhammadisaac07

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wish you all the best, may God bless you 😊😊

  • @_perza

    @_perza

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha my teacher shows these videos…

  • @ericc1108

    @ericc1108

    Жыл бұрын

    My teacher showed us this last week in class

  • @tejaswibd8513
    @tejaswibd85137 жыл бұрын

    Wasn't 0 discovered by India?

  • @BIGDukhan

    @BIGDukhan

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tejaswi BD i think it was invented by arabs

  • @tejaswibd8513

    @tejaswibd8513

    7 жыл бұрын

    Omar Dukhan Arabs were not there when Mayans were using zero...

  • @BIGDukhan

    @BIGDukhan

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tejaswi BD please, show me evedence that mayans used zero.

  • @hk2336

    @hk2336

    7 жыл бұрын

    Omar Dukhan Indians and mayans invented zero at the same time. Arabs did not invent numbers or zeroes, they learned from the indians and spread it to the europeans, so europe thought arabs invented it. Arabs did invent algebra tho.

  • @ayush8650

    @ayush8650

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Omar Dukhan arabics took zero from Indians. that was golden period of arab world and science was flourishing. some arabic ruler can't remember name asked his soldier to go around world and find BOOKS ...and thereby zero wad borrowed by arabs

  • @ddmagee57
    @ddmagee576 жыл бұрын

    A FABULOUS presentation.

  • @michaeljewkes892
    @michaeljewkes8922 жыл бұрын

    clear and concise, thanks great for teaching.

  • @atharvapande1373
    @atharvapande13737 жыл бұрын

    AMAZING ANIMATION STYLE

  • @merfiron9250
    @merfiron92507 жыл бұрын

    I am massively disappointed by how little comments there are of the awesome animations in this video. They're just too good. Kudos to Zedem Media, I have no idea how you did it, but awesome work.

  • @SK-vs2lt
    @SK-vs2lt Жыл бұрын

    Really felt proud to hear that my country was the first to perfect the number system and invent the decimal system

  • @nessroque
    @nessroque4 жыл бұрын

    TedEd why are there a lot of plants in the animations? Just wondering. Thanks!

  • @johnhooyer3101
    @johnhooyer31015 жыл бұрын

    I think that the base 60 is probably the coolest of the ones developed. Minus the writing system. But if you could have a Hindi-style numerical system in base 60, I'd be all for that alternative history.

  • @gbulmer
    @gbulmer2 жыл бұрын

    There is a (common) error starting at 1:12. Roman Numerals, did *not* follow the rule _"if a numeral appeared before one with a higher value it would be subtracted instead of added"._ That rule was added much later, AFAIK by stone masons in order to make years more compact on buildings etc. Roman Numerals, as used by Romans, would write 8 as VIII and not IIX, and 90 as LXXXX and not XC. This ensure arithmetic is easy, and an abacus is easy to use.

  • @ionian4730

    @ionian4730

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pythagorean arithmetic system kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWRk0JSNg9vTj7g.html

  • @NiamhAllStar21
    @NiamhAllStar217 жыл бұрын

    This animation is beautiful

  • @user-qd2rm3cw9u
    @user-qd2rm3cw9u7 жыл бұрын

    Can someone say what program they use to create the animation?

  • @napoleonbonapartelempereur9502
    @napoleonbonapartelempereur95026 жыл бұрын

    "We Owe A Lot To Indians Who Tauht Us How To Count Without Which No Worthwhile Scientific Discovery Could Have Been Possible"-Albert Einstein...

  • @anandsuralkar2947

    @anandsuralkar2947

    5 жыл бұрын

    True and then we conqured india and exploited it and we now call india backword country wow...

  • @awhig2474

    @awhig2474

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@anandsuralkar2947 True again But the latter doesn't makes tge conquer great.

  • @danacoleman4007

    @danacoleman4007

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Indians may have taaht us how to count, but who will teech us howe to spel, I wonder?

  • @alephmorricone7207

    @alephmorricone7207

    4 жыл бұрын

    it may be but only one invention is enough to compare wid the rest of the great European inventions

  • @electricpens

    @electricpens

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@danacoleman4007 You should invest a moment or two learning about English orthography and the history of English spelling. Short story: English is many languages brought together in the forges of conquest and democracy. It is egalitarian and forgiving by construct. English is defined by the user, unless it's used in an academic, news, or scientific paper. Look at popular culture. We mint new words every day. People can use English however they choose.

  • @AnoopCheeroth
    @AnoopCheeroth7 жыл бұрын

    Indians Invented it and Arabs spread it. Didn't Zero also come from India?

  • @comb528491

    @comb528491

    7 жыл бұрын

    Anoop Cheeroth, well.....the 2 numerical systems may have been based on base 10, but they were quite different

  • @dionisus9405

    @dionisus9405

    7 жыл бұрын

    sssstt... don't say it clearly

  • @BreakFix

    @BreakFix

    7 жыл бұрын

    Anoop Cheeroth Shut up liar Arabs invented it and spread it. Indians are trying to unjustly take credit for it.

  • @AnoopCheeroth

    @AnoopCheeroth

    7 жыл бұрын

    Check this link my friend. Its ok, that you can put your name in the credits. _en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu%E2%80%93Arabic_numeral_system

  • @MP-ce4qf

    @MP-ce4qf

    7 жыл бұрын

    Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was a Persian mathematician. Today, his birth place is in Uzbekistan (a part of old Persia). Indians invented it, and the persian mathematician introduced it to the Western world. During that era (the Islamic golden age), the main and scientific language was Arabic (the language of Islam). Thus, People think Arabs spread it, while most of scientists and scholars were non-Arabs (e.g. Persian (or Iranian, Afghan, Tajik, Uzbek)).

  • @25schmeckles55
    @25schmeckles554 жыл бұрын

    I always wondered what would happen if we had come up with an extra number. Would some calculations change/loose meaning?

  • @miguelconfesor4701

    @miguelconfesor4701

    4 жыл бұрын

    it would definitely change. try considering bases other than 10 and you will see the big difference

  • @sharonjuniorchess

    @sharonjuniorchess

    4 жыл бұрын

    You already use another system based on 60 to count time and in the UK not so long ago they used to count money as 12 pennies to a shilling and 20 shillings to a pound. Instead of 100 pennies to a pound(working in base 10). If you want to represent the number 11 & 12 in a single character positional notation (as suggested in your comment) you just invent a character to represent the two extra numbers required for 10 & 11 (say 10=@ and 11=#) but now you are counting in base 12 instead of base 10. So # + 1 = 10 (base 12).

  • @Kreze202

    @Kreze202

    3 жыл бұрын

    It wouldn't lose it's meaning, but it would change slightly. For example in a hexadecimal operation, we can calculate A (which is 10 in decimals)+ 8 and get 12, although 12 in hexadecimal still represents 18 in decimal.

  • @ionian4730

    @ionian4730

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pythagorean arithmetic system kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWRk0JSNg9vTj7g.html

  • @ionian4730

    @ionian4730

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sharonjuniorchess Pythagorean arithmetic system kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWRk0JSNg9vTj7g.html

  • @kadenvanciel9335
    @kadenvanciel93354 жыл бұрын

    If I were to come up with a base 18 system, what symbols should I use?

  • @Kreze202

    @Kreze202

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hexadecimal (base 16) already uses A, B, C, D, E, and F to represent 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. You could honestly just pick any symbol you'd like

  • @namanmukeshchaudhary7704
    @namanmukeshchaudhary77047 жыл бұрын

    0 was invented in India!

  • @samratrajumaurya6812

    @samratrajumaurya6812

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂

  • @jatinoham

    @jatinoham

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@samratrajumaurya6812 Why are you laughing it is true

  • @samratrajumaurya6812

    @samratrajumaurya6812

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jatinoham No one discovered 0, but 0 has been on the earth since the beginning and most Egyptians used 0.

  • @jatinoham

    @jatinoham

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@samratrajumaurya6812 In which world you are living 0 was invented by aryabhatttacharya long time ago before it there was nothing to descibe nothinge

  • @samratrajumaurya6812

    @samratrajumaurya6812

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jatinoham Tell me, my brother, were the first Aryabhatta or the Egyptians?

  • @sursr2820
    @sursr28207 жыл бұрын

    Came across this while learning vedic maths. :)

  • @anandsuralkar2947

    @anandsuralkar2947

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cool

  • @jamesvonfreiheit7554
    @jamesvonfreiheit75544 жыл бұрын

    Great summary!

  • @christianesweetser4077
    @christianesweetser40776 жыл бұрын

    Nice video it was showed in my school during math lesson today 😃

  • @JonnyMarshall5
    @JonnyMarshall57 жыл бұрын

    Normal numerics uses base 10, and binary uses base 2. That is such a more simple way of understanding binary than I've ever been told before!

  • @holdthatlforluigi

    @holdthatlforluigi

    3 жыл бұрын

    How else can binary be explained??

  • @shivpratapsingh7381
    @shivpratapsingh73817 жыл бұрын

    actually the concept of zero was developed by Indian mathematician Aryabhatta. The symbol he used was dot( still used in Indian script Devanagari) but the concept of decimals was developed by HIM and not the Mayans

  • @zacharywhite7547

    @zacharywhite7547

    5 жыл бұрын

    actually the mayan did it too seperatly while being isoleted from the rest of the world, so get off your high horse.

  • @iXpress

    @iXpress

    Жыл бұрын

    Mayans & Indians & others had the concept of Zero, but it was Indians who used Zero as a placement in the decimal system, that was the biggest difference.

  • @rejuvenatingsoul3498

    @rejuvenatingsoul3498

    Жыл бұрын

    @@iXpress Mayans didn't have a concept of zero lol. They had the concept of nothing but they didn't know how to use it. Like 10 or 300, Aryabhatta defined zero and set up the rules of using it, he also invented negative numbers.

  • @erickfalcon2321

    @erickfalcon2321

    Жыл бұрын

    cope

  • @rejuvenatingsoul3498

    @rejuvenatingsoul3498

    Жыл бұрын

    @@erickfalcon2321 Low IQ moment

  • @pulkitgupta7962
    @pulkitgupta79627 жыл бұрын

    Impeccable Animation!

  • @nicwow8424
    @nicwow84247 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE TED ED!

  • @MiruEmmaWatson
    @MiruEmmaWatson7 жыл бұрын

    So early and people are already discussing about hate in a video about numbers. People are so smart...

  • @raelaash4759
    @raelaash47597 жыл бұрын

    ...and then the Germans and the French stepped in and ruined it all with their pronunciations.

  • @thenoone

    @thenoone

    4 жыл бұрын

    People in india: we made a positional system to make numbers easier to represent French: FOUR TWENTIES PLUS TEN

  • @GoldenKingStudio
    @GoldenKingStudio7 жыл бұрын

    I was hoping for a mention of non standard positional number systems like bijective number systems.

  • @michalmolcan2455
    @michalmolcan24556 жыл бұрын

    Sorry to bother, but could it be, there is a mistake at 4:11, in the right column under digit 12, which when divided by 8 is 1.5 not 1.6? or am I missing something ? thanks

  • @felipevasconcelos6736

    @felipevasconcelos6736

    5 жыл бұрын

    It’s in base 12. In base 10, 1/8 is the same as 1/10 + 2/100 + 5/1000 = 0.125 In base 12, it’s 1/12 + 6/144. 1/8 in base 12 is not the same as 12/8 in base 10.

  • @vitabuds6617
    @vitabuds66177 жыл бұрын

    Mathematics is a discovery and humans invented a perfect language to understand it.

  • @johnnycat995
    @johnnycat9957 жыл бұрын

    i can't count past 5 :(

  • @flyingpenandpaper6119

    @flyingpenandpaper6119

    7 жыл бұрын

    Johnny Cat 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  • @Onneukbaar

    @Onneukbaar

    7 жыл бұрын

    Johnny Cat why not?

  • @johnnycat995

    @johnnycat995

    7 жыл бұрын

    Michaeltje_p Because I have down syndrome

  • @pez4

    @pez4

    7 жыл бұрын

    He only has one hand :P

  • @Onneukbaar

    @Onneukbaar

    7 жыл бұрын

    Johnny Cat I'm sorry

  • @NoorCrony
    @NoorCrony Жыл бұрын

    Which software did they use to make such a beautiful animation? @TED-Ed

  • @Edit-nk6nb
    @Edit-nk6nb7 жыл бұрын

    Question: While our modern day Arabic alphabet spread from the North African Maghreb region, why was that used over Latin or perhaps Greek ? Perhaps due to only certain members of the church were allowed to learn Latin, or was it something else ?

  • @DeveshDutta
    @DeveshDutta7 жыл бұрын

    0 was invented by aryabhatt not mayans

  • @Hal2718

    @Hal2718

    7 жыл бұрын

    VIRAL MEMES Both the Indians and the Maya came up with the idea to use a symbol for a null value independent of each other.

  • @DeveshDutta

    @DeveshDutta

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ya I know but the video mentioned only Mayans and dint mention the Indian mathematician "Aryabhatt" that's y I'm pissed

  • @garrusn7702

    @garrusn7702

    6 жыл бұрын

    VIRAL MEMES She mentioned that the Indians and the mesoamerica a invented it. She didn't give specific names for either.

  • @parthbonde2106

    @parthbonde2106

    6 жыл бұрын

    Garrus7 even the Babylonians invented zero independently

  • @JayaSaputra

    @JayaSaputra

    6 жыл бұрын

    Go home, you're drunk

  • @flyingpenandpaper6119
    @flyingpenandpaper61197 жыл бұрын

    2:25 numbers are written right to left because it originates from Arabic! That blew my mind!

  • @Marshano100

    @Marshano100

    5 жыл бұрын

    Flying Swordfish it orginated in India, did you watch the whole video? q

  • @Qthetar

    @Qthetar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dharma V Indian didn’t have xyz equations.

  • @yafetsamson7291
    @yafetsamson72913 жыл бұрын

    So useful thanks!

  • @TanushreeThappa
    @TanushreeThappa6 жыл бұрын

    Wow this is amazing💗

  • @duckymomo7935
    @duckymomo79357 жыл бұрын

    I thought you would go into integers, rationale, real and complex

  • @ramalhuseynov4312
    @ramalhuseynov43123 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, if you know how to do math it becomes very enjoyable.

  • @aaronehrhart2346
    @aaronehrhart23464 жыл бұрын

    Ted ed. Something we can count on.

  • @sagirahmed9309
    @sagirahmed93096 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful animation and great info! Meanwhile in the comments, people are fighting over who invented what.

  • @funnyroflvines3139
    @funnyroflvines31397 жыл бұрын

    THIS GUY ROCKS..LIKE IF U AGREE👍🏻

  • @athos.
    @athos.7 жыл бұрын

    Wow look at how many illuminati signs are in this video

  • @Onneukbaar

    @Onneukbaar

    7 жыл бұрын

    Athos Pop look how much illiminati symbols are in a sia song

  • @superawesomecaptainmcfluff9506

    @superawesomecaptainmcfluff9506

    7 жыл бұрын

    That comeback...Fire....

  • @MrMoOomoOo91

    @MrMoOomoOo91

    6 жыл бұрын

    Conspiracy theorists are a new religious group.

  • @teenutopal21

    @teenutopal21

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hey please can you tell me the meaning of illuminati signs

  • @zakuro8532

    @zakuro8532

    4 жыл бұрын

    A tetragon is not an illuminati sign. The illuminati sign is a tetragon.

  • @jhewattimury
    @jhewattimury7 жыл бұрын

    is the value of the number always stays the same? if there is some other advance civilization out there, how can we know for sure that their value of constants like Pi can be same, false, or even more accurate than ours. based on their own numeric system and how they calculate must be different.

  • @pez4

    @pez4

    7 жыл бұрын

    This has to do with the "are mathematics invented or discovered" thing, the numeric system is a way to express values, for example pi as you said, but the thing with constants like pi is that they are defined by a natural phenomena, pi is the number of times that the diameter of a circle fits in its perimeter, no matter what numbers you use (or if you use them at all, the greeks found pi using geometry only) this value is the same. Pi in decimal is 3.141592... Pi in binary is 11.00100 10000... Pi in duodecimal is 3.18480... Pi in hexadecimal is 3.243F6... Even if they look different they all represent the same thing, and if an advance civilization out there studies circles, they are likely to find this value.

  • @jhewattimury

    @jhewattimury

    7 жыл бұрын

    Have another question, by switching to other base system, there is no changes that we can calculate more accurate or even make it easy to calculate?

  • @pez4

    @pez4

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yes it does help and we actually do it all the time, for example: In calculus the logarithms are used in base "e" which is roughly 2.72 in decimal, this makes taking derivatives, anti-derivatives and integrals of exponential functions much easier and accurate. When analyzing trigonometric functions, we use the "pi" based angle measuring system of radians, which makes calculations less messier (and therefore, more accurate). And people who want to make the duodecimal system the default system for daily use argue that fractions are easier to work with in mental calculations, the best example of this is that the decimal one third is written as 0.333... whereas in duodecimal it becomes an easy to work with 0.4

  • @jhewattimury

    @jhewattimury

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I need to learn more

  • @user-vo8zx1db6m

    @user-vo8zx1db6m

    6 жыл бұрын

    Watch Numberphiles video on it.

  • @theidealisticman
    @theidealisticman3 жыл бұрын

    Learnt two things from this video: 1. 0 is not only a number but also a 'placeholder'. 2. base 12 would make some fractions easier to represent that base 10.

  • @scarlet8723
    @scarlet87237 жыл бұрын

    I think zero was invented in India by Bramhagupata. You can search in Google. And thanks for showing the original map of India. Great video.

  • @Wuehewnqnejejwebdbd

    @Wuehewnqnejejwebdbd

    Жыл бұрын

    The map of India in the 8th century CE is the entirety of South asia........

  • @utkarshjindalin
    @utkarshjindalin3 жыл бұрын

    ancient Indian scriptures have used a dot to represent zero, not just a blank space, and practically most of the mathematics has originated in India

  • @ssimba2785

    @ssimba2785

    2 жыл бұрын

    Utkarsh Jindal Agree with you 100%

  • @TheGelatinousSnake
    @TheGelatinousSnake2 жыл бұрын

    0, /, V, N, M = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 Just draw a horizontal line through that means plus 5. So “0” with a “-“ horizontal line on it basically means 0+5… doing that to any of the 0, /, V, N, M gives you 5-9. Easier symbols for kids to learn, and you can keep using base 10 place notation with tally based numerals.

  • @lumri2002
    @lumri20022 жыл бұрын

    I am amazed by ancient civilizations that did ease computations even without yet use of zero numerals - for e.g. Mesopotamian use sexagesimal numbers without zero place holders and Chinese use blank or no bead setting in counting rods and abacus. However, the later use of zero undeniably enhanced the number systems and math.

  • @ikartikthakur
    @ikartikthakur4 жыл бұрын

    . Yeah yeah!.. what less could you expect from first civilization!

  • @blanmorrison1794
    @blanmorrison17947 жыл бұрын

    I'm a supporter of base 12! Who else watches Numberphile?!

  • @MrDiarukia

    @MrDiarukia

    7 жыл бұрын

    I watch Numberphile. But I think base 12 might be too cumbersome to implement. We would have to implement two new symbols for everything. And another problem are measurements, while the metric system is wonderful for base 10, the current imperial system is annoying even in base 12 as it is not in 12^n steps but sometimes 4 or 12 or 60 and so on...

  • @florianju5638

    @florianju5638

    7 жыл бұрын

    I watch Numberphile aswell (like it very much!), but I dont like a Base 12 System.

  • @nosuchthing8

    @nosuchthing8

    7 жыл бұрын

    Blan Morrison I support base 10 for the same reason tau versus pi. If one method is easier to teach to children, you choose that method. Having ten fingers makes it easier to teach to a child. same as tau. We want math accessable.

  • @florianju5638

    @florianju5638

    7 жыл бұрын

    nosuchthing8 that is a really good point!

  • @MultiWilliam15

    @MultiWilliam15

    7 жыл бұрын

    As much as I want to count in base 12, it's just hard to shift. I don't know, maybe because of the notation. Suppose the counting system is (0) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 X Y where X=11 and Y=12, I would just think of 11 and 12 instead of X and Y, which defeats the purpose of base 12. Basically, it's hardwired into my brain.

  • @akimchi3594
    @akimchi35947 ай бұрын

    How did they know how and why to count?

  • @YTIR1
    @YTIR14 жыл бұрын

    How is there 10 symbols of 0-9 but no ten ? ik it because of 0 but itsnt it weird to think we have 0-9 but ten fingers? how is that the case?

  • @pope9201
    @pope92017 жыл бұрын

    SO EGYPTIAN MUSLIMS INVESTED NUMERICAL SYSTEM. ALGEBRA WAS ALSO A MUSLIM INVENTION

  • @David-nj6wd

    @David-nj6wd

    7 жыл бұрын

    They did, but most of the famous inventors are Christians

  • @sweeetieeeee

    @sweeetieeeee

    7 жыл бұрын

    David Nope. Its already known that muslims made a lot of scientific research and discoveries back in the day but during the crusades all of these documents and research got stolen and the christians claimed it to be their own while in fact it wasnt.

  • @elvolvasky69

    @elvolvasky69

    7 жыл бұрын

    Pope no that was way before from islam

  • @David-nj6wd

    @David-nj6wd

    7 жыл бұрын

    ***** LOL LET THEM SAY, IT WONT CHANGE HISTORY

  • @manosana6435

    @manosana6435

    7 жыл бұрын

    elvolvasky69 Islam was around before the time of the Prophet pbuh. Please don't forget that in Islam, Adam, Abraham, Noah and Jesus are Muslim prophets

  • @apoorvtyagi7441
    @apoorvtyagi74417 жыл бұрын

    credit of zero goes to aryabhatta

  • @rishavbhowmik6648

    @rishavbhowmik6648

    7 жыл бұрын

    No it was much before Aryabhat .

  • @parveshbisht4955

    @parveshbisht4955

    4 жыл бұрын

    @dodg1987 I know you westerners are just jealous of India and east that's why you only steal others work and glorify that as yours

  • @thedorku9500

    @thedorku9500

    4 жыл бұрын

    Apoorv Tyagi The Maya also created the concept

  • @_eLf45

    @_eLf45

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@thedorku9500 even if the mayans created the same concept ,it is a fact that how the world know about zero is started from india

  • @goman9998

    @goman9998

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@parveshbisht4955 yup these westerners use our talent

  • @nishkarshdubb9143
    @nishkarshdubb91432 жыл бұрын

    Now I know something about Number Systems, Thank You.

  • @ciudaddetlaxcala9895
    @ciudaddetlaxcala98953 жыл бұрын

    En Anawak o México antiguo las matemáticas usaban únicamente: punto y barra; con eso construyeron la cuenta del año trópico más preciso en el mundo.

  • @ashutoshverma90
    @ashutoshverma907 жыл бұрын

    Indian always give new thing to the generations to generation :)

  • @BethsAL

    @BethsAL

    4 жыл бұрын

    حبوتك

  • @chan_for
    @chan_for2 жыл бұрын

    The number "0" or Hindu Numeric System has its roots much older than the accepted dates by scholars. While 6-8th century was the only time when Islamic-Arabic invasion began to rise in Indian land. Number 0 is used to describe creation-existence in Hindu spiritual texts, since space & creation is indivisible/infinite just like the number 0

  • @ionian4730

    @ionian4730

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pythagorean arithmetic system kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWRk0JSNg9vTj7g.html

  • @himaruosaki8726
    @himaruosaki87264 жыл бұрын

    thx so much i learned many symbols and number i am now grade 6 so i am glad i found this yt channel

  • @olive5671
    @olive56717 жыл бұрын

    why does the 0 always have a piece taken out of it

  • @sunithasethuram
    @sunithasethuram7 жыл бұрын

    actually the number zero was invented by Aryabhatta in India. I am not forcing you to agree with me but it's a fact that 0 was invented by Aryabhatta. i regret to say that ted ed has been a little biased in this video

  • @user-vo8zx1db6m

    @user-vo8zx1db6m

    6 жыл бұрын

    Both the Indians and Mayans invented 0. The Mayans couldn't spread it, they were isolated in South America. They credited India, saying that they perfected the base 10 system.

  • @moreira999

    @moreira999

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wild Bore Central America or Mesoamerica, not South America.

  • @Bleepbloopitty
    @Bleepbloopitty7 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou fo rthe video :) But, Aryabhata was the one who invented the number 0 and Mayans had also used but the symbol was different and their number system was not exactly borrowed by the western civilisation. The number Zero which was invented by the HINDU INDIAN was Aryabhata. :) Have a nice day. Peace :)

  • @Hal2718

    @Hal2718

    7 жыл бұрын

    YuiHritsua The video wasn't claiming that the Maya* (Mayan is the adjective form) contributed to the zero we use today. It was simply another civilization that independently came up with the concept.

  • @myxo9441
    @myxo94412 жыл бұрын

    im not sure about the ten fingers theory. i mean if that's the case then there should be 11 symbols. one more independent symbol for number 10 as zero isnt represented in a finger. why just 0 to 9? am i missing something or nah? any ideas?

  • @carlostdied1184

    @carlostdied1184

    6 сағат бұрын

    "0" is referred to as the _absence_ of a quantity. As per the ten fingers theory, it would still be 1-10 because 1 is _one_ of something, two is _two,_ and so on. The abstraction that zero represents -- a placeholder to represent nothing of a particular quantity, would not have been seen as the first finger. zero would be represented by _no_ fingers.

  • @Shxur4
    @Shxur43 жыл бұрын

    plz reply me : why do u think different culture counted in groups of 4 , 5 and 10?! plz if u know why reply me quickly 😭😣