Indian Mathematicians Made Important Discoveries That Contributed to the Foundations

question 21

Multiple Choice

Indian mathematicians made important discoveries that contributed to the foundations of computer science. What were the discoveries?

• A) slide rules and logarithms
• B) the concept of zero and the decimal based system
• C) mechanical calculators and analytic machines
• D) numerical methods for generating square roots

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