From accounting to negative numbers: A signal contribution of medieval India to mathematics

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-145

  Mattessich, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 85009396507     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.25.2.129     Document Type: Article

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