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Who is Stevin Simon?
Simon was a mathematician, engineer, and good at science.
What did Simon Stevin contribute to the mathematical world?
He invented decimals
How did Simon Stevin die?
They are unsure of how Simon died because there was little recorded from his life. They are uncertain what and where he died too.
What did Simon stevin do in the 1400s?
Simon Stevin very little in the 1400's. He wasn't born until 1548. In the 1580's he was a noted mathematician, and is credited with 'inventing'/standardizing the use of decimal numbers in calculation. He died in 1620.
Who invented the decimal notation in arithmetic?
The Chinese or Romans? Certainly not the Romans. The concept of decimal fractions was known to the Chinese in the first century BCE (Joseph Needham, Science and Civilisation in China) but in Europe the modern decimal notation originates from the Dutch mathematician Simon Stevin (1548/49 - 1620) although the decimal point comes later and was in use by the time of John Napier.
