<P> The Hindu -- Arabic numeral system ( also called the Arabic numeral system or Hindu numeral system ) is a positional decimal numeral system that is the most common system for the symbolic representation of numbers in the world . It was an ancient Indian numeral system which was re-introduced in the book On the Calculation with Hindu Numerals written by the medieval - era Iranian mathematician and engineer al - Khwarizmi , whose name was latinized as Algoritmi . The system later spread to medieval Europe by the High Middle Ages . </P>
<P> The Hindu -- Arabic numeral system ( also called the Arabic numeral system or Hindu numeral system ) is a positional decimal numeral system that is the most common system for the symbolic representation of numbers in the world . It was an ancient Indian numeral system which was re-introduced in the book On the Calculation with Hindu Numerals written by the medieval - era Iranian mathematician and engineer al - Khwarizmi , whose name was latinized as Algoritmi . The system later spread to medieval Europe by the High Middle Ages . </P>
what hindu author is credited with the development of the decimal system
what hindu author is credited with the development of the decimal system
al - Khwarizmi
al - Khwarizmi