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THE special object of the papers referred to below appears to be to establish one main thesis, namely, that there was no such thing as arithmetic in our modern sense before the sixteenth century. To quote the author's words: “Modern arithmetic, which is a peculiarly Western invention, is yet barely 400 years old. Prior to 1500, and during some 3500 years of unbroken mathematical continuity and evolution, the science and art of calculation differed absolutely from anything in vogue with us.”
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Ancient and Modern Arithmetic. Nature 114, 296–297 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114296a0
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