Fraction → Decimal
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Math HistoryScotland · 1617
A Single Dot That Changed Math
John Napier — better known for inventing logarithms — popularized the decimal point in his treatise Rabdologiae. Before that tiny dot, fractions were written as awkward ratios. The decimal point quietly unlocked modern accounting, engineering, and every calculator that followed.
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