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Invention Of Zero

Zero was invented in India by Indian mathematicians dating as early as 5th century. They widely used it in calculations, astronomy and astrology. Zero was spread by Arabians to the Europe and there on it was spread all over. Before this, all Europeans used roman numerical which were difficult to calculate on as they were in the form of Symbols, lengthy and had limits.

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Use of Zero is seen in Rig Vedas from India even before 3100 BCE. But formal usage of Zero again started from India from 3AD in mathematical and astronomical calculation

badri at 12:21AM, Apr 2nd 2009.

The zero came to the mayans during one of the many trips that the Chinese made to the Americas. This accounts for various surges in technology, customs, or wildlife.

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tuttifrutti at 03:26PM, Mar 18th 2009.

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john at 01:26PM, Mar 18th 2009.

Mayans discovered zero and indians to.
But they never met each other and when the spanish come to America with indian zero, mayas were already dissapeared.

Emiliano at 04:58PM, Feb 9th 2009.

so basically who invented the zero? The Mayans or the Indians???

Jeez at 02:16AM, Jan 9th 2009.

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nessa at 10:53PM, Oct 20th 2008.

why is zero divided by zero is a mathematical error?

marife almonte at 04:18AM, Aug 23rd 2008.

the mayans did invent zero. where the hell did this come from??

Christina at 11:23PM, Aug 11th 2008.

The nr. zero was invented independently in India and
by the Maya. In India a decimal system was used, like
ours, but they used an empty space for zero up to 3rd
Century BC. This was confusing for an empty space was
also used to separate numbers, and so they invented
the dot for a zero. The first evidence for the use of
the symbol that we now know as zero stems from the 7th
century AD. The Maya invented the number zero for
their calendars in the 3rd century AD.
The number zero reached European civilisation through
the Arabs after 800 AD. The Greek and Roman did not
need the number zero for they did their calculations
on an abacus. The name 'zero' comes from the arabic
'sifr'.
(Data from the book "the calender" by D. E. Duncan).

Dr. Wassenaar