History of Number

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-45483-2zbMath1382.01002OpenAlexW2667831588MaRDI QIDQ2836018

Patricia Paraide, Glen Lean, Charly Muke, Kay Owens

Publication date: 30 November 2016

Published in: History of Mathematics Education (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45483-2

zbMATH Keywords

countingdiffusion of countingOceaniaPapua New Guinea

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of number theory (11-03) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) General histories, source books (01A05) Ethnomathematics (general) (01A07)

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