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Mayan numeration system

The Mayan numeration system evolved around A.D. 300. It is a sophisticated
system as you will see below.

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It uses 3 basic numerals to represent any possible number: a dot for one, a
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They used the 3 symbols above to represent the numbers from 0 through 19 as
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For number bigger than 19, a number is written in a vertical position so that it
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Initially, the base used in the Mayan numeration system was base 20 and their
place values were 1, 20, 202,203, ...

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Then, they changed their place values to 1, 20, 20 18, 202 18, 203 18, ...
Using the base 20, 1, 20, 202,203, ..., we can write 20 as follow:

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In the ones place we have 0 and in the twenties place we have 1, so the number
is 0 1 + 1 20 = 0 + 20 = 20
Still using a base of 20, we can write 100 as follow:

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0 1 + 5 20 = 0 + 20 = 100

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5 202 + 0 20 + 7 = 5 400 + 0 + 7 = 2000 + 7 = 2007

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Starting from the bottom, a place value must have a number from the list
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Look carefully and see how I separated the place values

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Again, I separated according to numbers that are the list above from 1 through
19
The number is: 14 + 7 20 + 1 202 + 3 20 3 + 0 20 4 + 15 20 5 + 5 20 6

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The number is 14 + 140 + 1 400 + 3 8,000 + 0 + 15 3,200,000 + 5 64,000,000

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The number is = 14 + 140 + 400 + 24,000 + 0 + 48,000,000 + 320,000,000 =

368024554

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With the base 1, 20, 20 18, 202 18, 203 18, ... computation is done the exact
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Group as shown below:

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The number is 11 1 + 1 20 + 10 20 18 = 11 + 20 + 3600 = 3631

No doubt, the Mayan mumeration system was sophisticated

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