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The paper is linked in the article, from it: At one point he squares the distance 92 pedes, 9 untia, 0 minuta, 9 secunda. He writes this quantity as “.92909.”,
by fhars 3y ago
The paper is linked in the article, from it:
At one point he squares the distance 92 pedes, 9 untia, 0 minuta, 9 secunda. He writes this quantity as “.92909.”, and its square as “.8.6.3.2.0.8.2.2.8.1″
- zoomablemind 3y agoThanks. Well, roughly this is equivalent to 92909**2 = 8632082281 which is correct arithmetically, yet still not a clear application of dec point. Assuming 'pedes' is steps, 'untia', 'minuta', and 'secunda' are some dec divisions of a step, then the result notation has too many points to keep the meaning. Looks like more of a reading/spacing convenience for a whole number with many digits. Not much about decimal point.