Particularly important was Stevin's acceptance of negative numbers but he did not accept the 'new' imaginary numbers and this was to hold back their development.
Lalo na mahalaga ay Stevin ng pagtanggap ng mga negatibong numero ngunit siya ay hindi tanggapin ang 'bagong' haka-haka numero at ito ay upang pigilin ang kanilang pag-unlad.