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A new discovery has excited mathematicians around the globe.
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Recently unearthed documents show a decimal point in the records of a merchant.
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Historians have hailed the find as being significant.
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He made many notations about his observances of the heavens.
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Based on astrological calculations of the alignment of stars and planets.
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Decimal points are such an integral part of life today.
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Historians say some versions of decimals have existed for over 1,000 years.
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Bianchini travelled to the Middle East and was influenced by scholars there.
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Other historical evidence shows intellectuals using a form of the point.
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The earliest known definitive use of the decimal point was in 1593.
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