On a side note, and since you mentioned Roman Numerals in your other comment, I would say that the representation of I, II and III being different from IV is related to how the human brain processes quantities up to 4 [0].
So it is a simple example showing that the way humans process language influences the representation/definition of mathematical ideas.
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On a side note, and since you mentioned Roman Numerals in your other comment, I would say that the representation of I, II and III being different from IV is related to how the human brain processes quantities up to 4 [0].
So it is a simple example showing that the way humans process language influences the representation/definition of mathematical ideas.
[0] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01709-3