positional notation

Summary

positional notation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (423 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• positional notation is credited with the discovery of Sumerians^[2].
• positional notation is credited with the discovery of Babylonians^[3].
• positional notation's subclass of is recorded as notation^[4].
• positional notation's Commons category is recorded as Positional numeral systems^[5].
• positional notation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/028fdk^[6].
• positional notation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Positional numeral systems^[7].
• positional notation's facet of is recorded as positional numeral system^[8].
• positional notation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/positional-numeral-system^[9].
• positional notation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[10].
• positional notation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 160059671^[11].
• positional notation's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as pozitsionnaia-sistema-schisleniia-d2b29f^[12].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Sumerians^[2], a historical ethnic group^[13], founded in -4500^[14] and Babylonians^[3], a human population^[15].

Why It Matters

positional notation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (423 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]