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The traditional name given to the mathematical symbols: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Using these symbols, every number can be expressed in the decimal system (cf. [[Numbers, representations of|Numbers, representations of]]). These numerals arose in India (not later than the 5th century), in Europe they became known in the 10th–13th centuries through Arabic works (hence the name).