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1. Numeral System -- Numeral Systems
   Significantly ... the numeral system described lacks a zero digit. This is despite the fact that Indian mathematicians most notably Brahmagupta had already studied zero. As a consequence it would have been hard to discriminate 6002 from 60002 and virtually impossible to discriminate 6200 from 62000 except from context. In India the first record of the zero digits being used - both after and in between nonzero numbers - dates from 876 AD. Records show that Muslim mathematicians working primarily in what is now Iraq had arrived at this same step at roughly the same time (874 AD). Unlike the Arab numeral system which were known solely to mathematicians until the 13th century the Indian numeral system was widely used in India among all literate professions from at least 1000 AD.
2. Arabic Numerals
   The symbols for 1 to 9 in the Hindu-Arabic numeral system evolved from the Brahmi numerals. Buddhist inscriptions from around 300 BC use the symbols which became 1, 4 and 6. One century later, their use of the symbols which became 2, 7 and 9 was recorded.
3. Numeral System
   In the Artima icon, the hexabill numeral is expressed in a more colorful way than the basic system described above. Rather than using a simple line to close a quadrant as shown above, the closed quadrants of the Artima icon are painted a solid color. To make the numeral still more colorful, the Artima icon changes its paint color each time it wraps around from 15 back to zero.
4. Hebrew Numerals
   Virtually every reference to the "beast" in the Hebrew Old Testament is a multiple of 616 and appears throughout the New Testament in connection with related topics (e.g. the Greek for "deceived", "the harlot", "evil", "wickedness", is 616 or a multiple thereof). The idea that 666 is the "number of the beast" could well be a myth, therefore, unless both numbers are appropriate. Since Nero in Hebrew adds up to 666, the appearance of this number may well be accounted for in the later manuscripts as Christians sought to identify this antichrist with the end-time Beast..
5. Arabic Numerals -- Numbers
   Arabic numerals are, by far, the most common form of symbolism used to represent numbers. The Arabic numeral system is a positional base 10 numeral system with 10 distinct glyphs representing the 10 digits. The leftmost digit of a number has the greatest value. In a more developed form, the Arabic numeral system ... uses a decimal marker (usually a decimal point or a decimal comma) which separates the ones place from the tenths place, and also a symbol for "these digits repeat ad infinitum" (recur). In modern usage, this latter symbol is usually a vinculum. Historically, however, there has been much variation.
6. Arabic Numerals -- Europe
   The so-called "Arabic numerals" were not invented by the Arabs, as is popularly believed. They were actually developed in India circa 400 BC. The numerals eventually found their way into Persia where they were picked up by Arab traders who referred to them as "Indian numerals," (arqam hindiyyah). The Arabic numeral system uses several different sets of symbols that can be divided into two main groups. West Arabic (European) numerals were developed in the Maghreb. East Arabic (Arabic-Indic) numerals were developed in what is now Iraq.
7. Roman -- Romans
   Thirteen years ago, Roman was an energetic orthopedic surgical assistant. In 1994, he injured his knee playing basketball. He underwent a 'routine' surgery and afterward, an infection set in that physicians couldn't bring under control. A subsequent series of surgeries -- a staggering 33 in all -- could not save the leg, which was amputated in late in 1995.
8. Hebrew Numerals -- Ashkenazic Jews
   In the Tanakh, the holy Hebrew bible, ha-Satan (=the Satan) is an angel whom God uses to test man for various reasons usually dealing with his level of piety. The Satan is good, known as the figure in the book of Job who challenged the integrity of Job. In Judaism ha-Satan is the angel-accuser, a prosecuting attorney or adversary, the spiritual force alias the evil inclination, and he is totally under the command and control of God, as any other angel is. Therefore ha-Satan is a title rather than a name of an angel. This concept of Satan is not accepted by the Christian faiths, as they came to the conclusion that ha-Satan had rebelled against God... this conclusion is unsupported in holy Hebrew scripture. In Jewish faith and tradition, free, even 'rebellious' will, the freedom of choice, is only a concept that relates to man, not to angels. And while Ha-Shem (=God) is a holy 'light', there can only be 'light', as there is no place or space, where God is not.
9. Hebrew Numerals -- Letters
   The system of numerals in Hebrew forms a quasi-decimal alphabetic numeral system using the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In Hebrew notation, there is no notation for zero, and the numeric values for individual letters are added together. Each unit (1, 2, ..., 9) is assigned a separate letter, each tens (10, 20, ..., 90) a separate letter, and the hundreds 100, 200, 300, 400 a separate letter. This double meaning of letters gave rise to the gematria 1 in which these transformations are extensively used (cf. ... Wortrechnung
10. Hebrew Numerals -- Characters
    Many fonts included in Windows now have a built-in Hebrew character set. There are Hebrew versions of Times New Roman, Arial, Tahoma and so forth. You can see these using the Character Map tool. Persuading your computer to type these characters... can be a bit of a trick!

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