Arithmetic is a branch of mathematics concerned with the numerical manipulation of numbers using the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and the extraction of roots. General arithmetic principles slowly developed over time...

The historical development of arithmetic may have its origins in ancient Mesopotamia around 3000 b.c.; however, the civilizations of Egypt, India, and China have also been credited with its discovery. The oldest known artifact of mathematical...

Branch of mathematics that deals with the properties of numbers and ways of combining them through addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Initially it dealt only with the counting numbers, but its definition has broadened to include all...

n. The interpretation of long syllabic nuclei as geminates or other sequences of short elements, sometimes said to be appropriate for languages in which the mora, rather than the syllable, is the smallest prosodic unit. Trubetzkoy...

Arithmetic or arithmetics (from the Greek word αριθμÏς = number) is the oldest and most elementary branch of mathematics, used by almost everyone, for tasks ranging from simple day-to-day counting to advanced science and business calculations. In...