A BRIEF HISTORY OF ZERO

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JOSEPH G.G.

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Journal: TARIKH-E ELM Year:2008 | Volume:- | Issue:6 Page(s): 37-48

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Title

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ZERO

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JOSEPH G.G. | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

NUMERATION SYSTEMQ4

PLACE VALUEQ4

ZEROQ4

INDIAQ3

Abstract

It is generally recognized that ‘zero’ as we understand the concept today originated in two geographically separated cultures: the Maya and INDIAn. However, if ZERO merely signified a magnitude or a direction separator, the Egyptian ZERO, nfr, dating back at least four thousand years, amply served these purposes. If ZERO was merely a place-holder symbol, then such a ZERO was present in the Babylonian positional number system before the first recorded occurrence of the INDIAn ZERO. If ZERO was represented by just an empty space within a well-defined positional number system, such a ZERO was present in Chinese mathematics a few centuries before the beginning of the Common Era. The dissemination westwards of the INDIAn ZERO as an integral part of the INDIAn numerals is one of the most remarkable episodes in the history of mathematics and the story is well-known.

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