This site gives an excellent discussion of the historical confusion
and consternation generated by negative numbers. It also discusses the
issue of the product of two negative numbers being a positive number, in
a historical context.
(Note: the site is a bit confusing to read. I think it is
written in an English dialect a bit different from ours).
posted at 15:08 on Sun, 07 Mar, 2004 |
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