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Some more decimal points

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

John Backhouse
John Backhouse*
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Extract

In Matters for Debate, David Singmaster (DS) discusses some topics relating to the use and misuse of decimal points: the use of a full stop in writing times of the day, confusion between the decimal point and a dot used for multiplication, and writing amounts of money.

Type
Matters for debate
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 83 , Issue 496 , March 1999 , pp. 87 - 88
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1999

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