In this chapter, we learn there is no certainty that a positional numerical system is present on the quipus and that the answer can only come from the identification of the calculation algorithms used by the Incas.

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Do Quipus Represent an Additive or Positional Number System?

  • Cinzia Florio

摘要

In this chapter, we learn there is no certainty that a positional numerical system is present on the quipus and that the answer can only come from the identification of the calculation algorithms used by the Incas.