Al-Khwarizmi was a mathematician of the House of Wisdom. What innovation did Al-Khwarizmi's The Book of Addition and Subtraction According to the Hindu Calculation introduce into the Arabic world?

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Al-Khwarizmi was a mathematician of the House of Wisdom. What innovation did Al-Khwarizmi's The Book of Addition and Subtraction According to the Hindu Calculation introduce into the Arabic world?






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