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u/mumpie ยท 2 pointsr/explainlikeimfive

There was some resistance to switching over to Hindu-Arabic numerals.

Fibonacci was the man who introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals to the business class in Naples (and eventually all of Italy).

European mathematicians already knew about Hindu-Arabic numbers, but that knowledge stayed in Universities as a curiosity.

You can read about Fibonacci and how people think he learned about and introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals in this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-Numbers-Fibonaccis-Arithmetic/dp/0802779085