Algorism
Algorism Algorism is a name for the rules of ... notion of the decimal point). The word algorism comes from the name al-Khwarizmi ("the ... of rules specifying a computational procedure. Occasionally algorism is also used in this generalized meaning ...
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Talk:Algorism
Talk:Algorism merge with Arabic numerals? -- Tarquin 16:35, 1 Jan 2004 (UTC) No -- Algorism is the place-value system of encoding ... numbers and what values they have? (But Algorism is sadly lacking in both, as an article, at present.) Perhaps Algorism should have more on the arithmetic aspects ... make it less crisp and clear. Besides, 'Algorism' is used rather more generally nowadays, ...
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Talk:Al-Khwarizmi
... the simple statement The words "algorithm" and "algorism" derive ultimately from his name. The first ... between "algorithm" (the familiar general term) and "algorism", a now fairly obscure term WP regards ... to the decimal notation system. But IMO "algorism" is surely connected to the other by ... having felt a need to distinguish between algorism's algorithms and more general algorithms, and ... t) 09:19, 2004 Jul 23 (UTC) Algorism is the original term. Algorithm was ...
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User talk:Mfc
... It looks good! Have added Support :-) mfc Algorism / Algorithm You commented out the "devolvement" of algorism into algorithm, apparently because the etymology of algorithm does not belong in the Algorism article. But the reason I put this ... here is actually in this sentence: "Occasionally algorism is used in this generalized meaning, especially ... the lemma Algorithm this: "Etymological perversion of algorism".) Lambiam 07:00, 11 February 2006 ( ...
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Talk:Hindu-Arabic numeral system
... system (which would be the scope of Algorism). It also compares the symbol variants (there ... it under "See also" on this page. "Algorism" indeed means the exact same thing as ... WP:MoS (e.g., we can have "Algorism" and "Hindu-Arabic numerals" as two articles ...
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User:Noe/checklist
... talk:Positional numeral systems Abacus - talk:Abacus Algorism - talk:Algorism Arabic numerals (disambiguation) - talk:Arabic numerals (disambiguation ...
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List of English words of Persian origin
... Old. Persian (Zoroastrian god) algorithm variant of algorism influnced by the word arithmetic (algorism
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Al-Khwarizmi
... world in the 12th century. The words algorism and algorithm stem from Algoritmi, the Latinization ... numbers to Europe, as the very name algorism signifies; and the work on algebra ... gave ...
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Fibonacci
... decimal system for writing and manipulating numbers (algorism). Biography Leonardo's father Guilielmo (William) was ... disputation. But all this even, and the algorism, as well as the art of Pythagoras ...
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Decimal
... al-Khwarizmi – first to expound on algorism outside India. c. 920–980 Abu'l Hasan ... logarithms as a computational tool See also Algorism Decimal point Decimal representation Decimal sequences for ...
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