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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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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
But they never met each other and when the spanish come to America with indian zero, mayas were already dissapeared.
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Any other numbers, following that method will come out incorrect. I tried myself
anything divided by zero would be displayed as a mathematical error on a calculator because the answer is infinity.
grim reaper you must be doing it wrong. this method works im sure. i tried it..
Some people will not accept the fact just the way they will argue about the mythologies.
They will never accept Indian mythology is the oldest... about 5000Bc on the timeline and will keep on arguing "no no it was egyptian no its greek no our Christian is the oldest..."
but.. watevaaaaaa!
The Indian mathematician AryaBhatta invented the digit zero! And I agree with Skatha! You get your facts right!!! so Hahaha! you fo check out any Indian history book!!!!!!!!!!!
What about chinese? What method did they used in their culture 2000 years BC?
I am Mayan and damn well proud!
Oh n i agree w Afghanistan Bananaman :D
In India, Maya means illusion and all there is in the physical world, thus the Maya were the first to reaLIZE MANY THINGS ABOUT SCIENCE. Their calendar was more accurate than any other civilization, including India's. Don't be upset, these are only the facts.
Please avoid using 'Invent zero'
it was there all the time.
so I request to change that to 'Discovery'
Thanks
it woks as long as you have not got a zero in the question when you have a zero in it, it does not work :( xx
India is the real inventer of zero. so east or west India is best
No, you're both right. It is not certain whether the zero originated in Mexico or in India, but it must have been around the same time.
Nobody is fighting for bragging rights to the tortilla,dal or flan. It is mutually agreed that they just happened to be made out of what materials were available in the region. I agree with the statement that zero was not invented, but discovered. It was always there.
Anyway, this argument is a waste of time, amounting to a collapse of the uses of zero in real terms and not just in the concept of numbers. We see zero everywhere; yet are blinded by everything standing here and there. Great Spirit with heart is what we need to lead, not some reincarnate irate. If you all want bragging rights, go ahead, but just remember, ego is illusion!
It is quite coincidental though that the Maya calendar, which some of you claim is stupid, is in fact the most accurate calendar from the ancient world. It incidentally began in 3113 bce. Zero was definitely part of the dynamics of its origins. Peace, love and bliss!
ZERO was invented in India and many of the greatest mathematicians like Issac newton..... accepted that and these mayans cant digest it.......
i think mayans don't know that even their language was also derive from indian language SANSKRIT. INDIA is the greatest country who thought the world how to count...
These mayans don't know that the first rocket was invented by INDIAN king and britishers robbed, steeled that technology to their country and with reverse engineering they came to know the technology in the rocket and build their own.......
"THE LEGEND WHO INVENTED ZERO IS ARYABHATTA"
all these mayans and mexican history book are trash.......... and please don't ever expose others achievements as yours
HE IS "TIPPU SULTHAN"
These items were in place at all locations way before Marco Polo or any of the spice route travellers pollinated the earth with "new ideas".
I am proposing that zero was always there. That it would have been developed as each civilization developed.
I'm sure India is a great country, just like the rest of our world. They were colonized, and Ghandi helped make things right, and so did the Eastern European, Mother Theresa.
God Bless.
carry on your research friends...
There is good and bad in all countries. Hopefully India and Pakistan won't fight against each other, as so many go after the capitalistic venture. Perhaps India and Pakistan will become good neighbors. God bless to everyone! I do enjoy Indian food when I can find a good restaurant. Peace!
i am proud 2 be an indian!
cause we d ones introducing zero!
cool na!
well sir i would lk to tell u
zero was indeed invented by indians....an indian astronomer n mathematics Arayabatta.....it can be found in vedas..the scientific knowledge of indian scripts......
One only has to watch Nancy Grace on CNN to see what monstrosities are happening as a phenom in various parts of our country. Internationally, we had terror in Mumbai, terror in Israel, Somalia, Kenya, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, U.S.A., Central and South America, China, Europe, Korea, Philippeans, etc. Global warming, global economic meltdowns, etc. I hope we make it passed 2012. I hope we stop the madness soon!!!
Whatever this origin, it cannot be argued that he lived in Patliputra where he wrote his famous treatise the "Aryabhatta-siddhanta" but more famously the "Aryabhatiya", the only work to have survived. It contains mathematical and astronomical theories that have been revealed to be quite accurate in modern mathematics. For instance he wrote that if 4 is added to 100 and then multiplied by 8 then added to 62,000 then divided by 20,000 the answer will be equal to the circumference of a circle of diameter twenty thousand. This calculates to 3.1416 close to the actual value Pi (3.14159). But his greatest contribution has to be zero. His other works include algebra, arithmetic, trigonometry, quadratic equations and the sine table.
He already knew that the earth spins on its axis, the earth moves round the sun and the moon rotates round the earth. He talks about the position of the planets in relation to its movement around the sun. He refers to the light of the planets and the moon as reflection from the sun. He goes as far as to explain the eclipse of the moon and the sun, day and night, the contours of the earth, the length of the year exactly as 365 days.
He even computed the circumference of the earth as 24835 miles which is close to modern day calculation of 24900 miles.
This remarkable man was a genius and continues to baffle many mathematicians of today. His works was then later adopted by the Greeks and then the Arabs.
Ghandi was a man who brought peace to the world of the Indian first, and then to the others. He brought more than zero fortunately for the masses who needed more than mere calculations. They needed a plan to be rid of the suppressors of their culture. Through his position of non violence, and fortitude of the right of the Indian in his/her own homeland, he was able to form a human chain to freedom!
Pakal was an equally wonderful person. He became king when he was only twelve. he was a master in astronomy, arts and sciences of his time. The accuracy of the Maya calculation for a year is without a doubt of great significance. No other ancient people were able to achieve such aclaim with regards to utter accuracy as the Maya in this calculation. Their calendar is much more accurate than our modern day one. Their predictions for eclipses are unparalled, as is their understanding of the cycles of Venus, etc. More and more is being studied about them as time goes by. This is very important work because unlike what happened in India, many of the Maya were destroyed through diseases brought from Europe, etc. The European wanted their land, and not just as a colony. They knocked everything down and supposedly burned all the books! Although, I suspect many of the books were actually secretly taken and hidden, perhaps by the Vatican, etc., to be studied. It is no wonder the age of enlightenment, industrial revolution, and the expansion and growth of major populations was achievable. With the abundance of new foods of high nutritional value such as potatoes, corn, peanuts, beans, avocados, chili peppers, chocolate, squash, etc., with the abundance of all natural resources, with the rubber for tires, with cache of many new medicines, and gold and silver, these conquerers went wild at their new prospects. From living in fuedalistic societies, they now were able to settle down as true citizens of their world. Unfortunately for the Natives, they were displaced by horrors worse than the holocaust. Their story is of the worst genocide in the history of the world. But now, we are all integrated in the modern world. Thank God and all powers for that. May we all be at peace!!!
Please check below when you get a chance.. This video talks about both Mayan's and Indian's number system..
http://www.ehow.com/video_4754357_who-invented-number-zero.html
Thank you
Praveen
The guy in the video is only talking about our common usage of numbers and where and how they were handed down. The system for tens is not unlike the system for twenties. Some say the twenties system is better. Just because Europe has been counting with tens doesn't mean that zero (the concept) was created by the Indians first. Just because we call a shirt a shirt doesn't mean that whoever invented the word is the creator of the design. Shirt being an English word, would mean the English originated the shirt. We know this not to be true, because shirts have been around longer than England has been England. So who did invent the shirt? If English shirts become the most popular, we may be tempted to think they did invent them. Same goes for the zero... just because the common usage is from a certain area, doesn't mean the design came from there first.
How was that?
Arybhatta, being one person, proposed this idea to the India(n) people, who did not completely grasp its meaning, as a whole society, until much later. Absolutely, he was a great genius!
The Maya as a whole society had this idea/concept/symbol firmly implanted in their entire society by at least 36 bce.
If you watch hollywood movies, there is a movie called "event horizon" which portrays a journey to event horizon ( boundary between blackhole and this world)and what happens there. Now, Consider this case: this world gets devastated completely in 2012 ( as per MAYAN prediction) and a complete new civilization of human (or any other animal) comes into being. they develop in due course of time and discover this movie. If they see movie, what would they think? that humans have been to event horizon??
there are several other examples of Indians doing some discovery before westerners did but the name goes to Westerner guy. maybe this happened with other nationalities as well. The attitude of western countries is bad. they are just like a robber who can not see the wealth or money in possession of someone else.
It is just the recent past , about 500years, that America and western countries flourishing. Before that ? if you dig deep in history, before Britishers came to India, India had 25% of the wealth of the world, when Britishers left India, India was having 4% of the wealth of the world. Its another example of the robbery by the west.
I am not trying to conclude about zero as its a debatable issue in absence of unbiased recorded history. again, I am using the unbiased, because there are several instances in which History of India has been presented by westerners after distortion.
Much of the antipathy towards Indians stems from, in my opinion, the fact that 'religion' of (majority of) indians is Hinduism. The muslims and christians came in hordes to india to rob and convert the religion of indians, but they could not succeed. this defeat in the past, not being able to convert, must be pinching them. But they have to learn to live with it as Indians have adapted to so many things.
May many blessings be upon your people and to all people of the world!!! :)