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Stars indicate particularly interesting answers or good places
to begin browsing. - Calculator Addition [6/30/1996] How does a
calculator add? - Chinese Rod-Numeral System [11/09/1998] How
exactly does the Chinese rod-numeral system work? - Collapsible
Compass [01/23/2002] How did the early Greek mathematicians
reproduce lengths with a - Commas and Decimal Points in Currency
Notations [11/08/2007] Why do Europeans use the comma in
currency amounts instead of the decimal point as in the United
States? - Completing the Cube [11/28/1996] Is there some method
analogous to completing the square for higher - Compounding
Interest and e [11/11/1998] How is the number e derived from
compounding interest? Does it come from the series expansion of
e? - Contribution of Romans in Math History [12/18/2006] How did
the Romans contribute to math? What did they add to mathematics
besides Roman numerals? - Converting from Hindu-Arabic Numerals
to Roman Numerals [0