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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.

New Math Multiplication Method

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that is soooo cool

sumaya at 04:23PM, Aug 2nd 2008.

This information is false, zero was invented by the mayans. You can search for it in a mexican history book.

sof at 12:37PM, Aug 4th 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

Tomo at 08:06PM, Aug 4th 2008.

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

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

why is zero divided by zero is a mathematical error?

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

datz wicked!!

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

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

Jeez at 02:16AM, Jan 9th 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.

"...zero was invented by the mayans. You can search for it in a mexican history book."

Priceless. I'm the world's strongest and sexiest man, if you don't believe me, just ask me.

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

you guys rock and so does your website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!love me

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

Tommo bravo!!!!!!!

jorge at 01:11AM, Mar 20th 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.

Robert at 11:23AM, Mar 27th 2009.

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.

we are a bunch of zeros wasting time here

Peter Parker at 06:04PM, Apr 8th 2009.

Umm. Actually this video is false too. You see, for some reason 21X13 is the only way you can make it work with that method.

Any other numbers, following that method will come out incorrect. I tried myself

Grim Reaper at 01:10AM, Apr 19th 2009.

India rocks. And India invented zero.

ME at 09:58AM, Apr 30th 2009.

To answer marife's question, dividing zero by zero only comes up as an error on you calculator but is not actually a mathematical error, it is just undifined which means that it is possible but the result just hasnt been found/proved yet.

barry at 03:02PM, May 1st 2009.

Zero as a place holder and used to represent groups of ten was invented in India. That is the zero we know today. Zero that was used to build the Great Pyrimids was a linear starting point in geometry. I argue that Zero has always been around. It's properties have just evolved.

The dude at 06:11PM, May 6th 2009.

Indian's invented ZERO because they were sick of paying high prices... we wanted things for FREE and so we invented ZERO. LOL

Rapid at 11:40AM, May 8th 2009.

i just wanted to know that person who invented zero ... saala khud too upar bhag gaya aur hamko zero ke saath chodh gaya ....

SiDdHaRtH at 09:08AM, May 16th 2009.

Aryabhat is the guys name who invented it...

joey at 07:25PM, May 25th 2009.

Oye! End it. Don't fight for zero, the guy who invented the zero is no more and you are fighting for 'zeeeero'.

cheetha at 05:08AM, May 27th 2009.

zero in sanskrit 'sunya' was know long before Christ. in fact in was already known at the time of Buddha, i.e. appr. 600 bce. Check your facts before you post them :)

jan at 02:50AM, Jun 1st 2009.

bilcool wahyaad hai intead regular method is ok . please dont give such stuptd suggessions.if 1 will try this method he will b failed

chahat at 11:34AM, Jun 2nd 2009.

Indians and only indians invented the zero & no one else. These mayans just got it from indian vedas.

Rahul at 12:52AM, Jun 7th 2009.

marife almonte wrote: #
why is zero divided by zero is a mathematical error?

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..

jack at 08:36AM, Jun 11th 2009.

cool

taja at 10:00AM, Jun 12th 2009.

this is the coolest thing ever if it wasn't for them we would not have a zero and it would be 1 - 9 not 1 - 10

taja at 10:08AM, Jun 12th 2009.

Sun is the symbol of zero, Moon is the symbol of zero, so leave this zero and look to this natural zero which will give u the right way of religion.That is ONLY ALLAH.

faisal at 01:59AM, Jun 17th 2009.

OOoo praise the Lord.

Interesting Facts at 10:33AM, Jun 17th 2009.

Zero was invented by Indians.. its hard for people to digest but thn its okey!

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!

Skatha at 06:07AM, Jun 22nd 2009.

o is always zero.o.o.o.o.oo.

yashvita at 11:41AM, Jun 22nd 2009.

Where the hell did you guys come from???
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!!!!!!!!!!!

Your Wrong! at 01:43AM, Jun 24th 2009.

I think this fact is just going berserk into endless fusion. We might even close the commenting of this fact. Again let me help you by quoting Dr. Wassenaar:

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).

Interesting Facts at 06:42AM, Jun 24th 2009.

Hi, everybody.
What about chinese? What method did they used in their culture 2000 years BC?

Goodman at 01:40AM, Jul 9th 2009.

i have confirm that zero is invented by ARYABHAT from India.if anyone have any problem regarding zero please contact me.i have all the evidence.

pankaj at 08:00AM, Jul 14th 2009.

Yow, yaravathu sollungalen, zero-va yaarthan kandupidichathu?????.....

Kochi at 02:25AM, Jul 19th 2009.

I enjoyed reading the comments. It felt like a quarrelsome story!

jobin martin at 07:15AM, Jul 19th 2009.

Zero could have developed in two places at the same time. Look around the world at foods. Tortillas exist everywhere under all sorts of different names. Jelly rolls too. The Russians claim to have invested the telephone at the same time as Alexander Bell, and someone else calims to have flown in an airplane before Orville and Wilbur Wright. Human developement happens. It is harder to explain in modern times because we are so high tech.

Afghanistan Bananaman at 08:04AM, Jul 24th 2009.

woooooooooooow. Awesome.
I am Mayan and damn well proud!
Oh n i agree w Afghanistan Bananaman :D

Prees at 03:51PM, Jul 31st 2009.

Thats neat!

Duke at 03:18AM, Aug 22nd 2009.

but who invented numbers one to nine???

avin at 01:57AM, Aug 31st 2009.

why don't shopkeepers understand the value of zero? everything is so costly and downmarket!

   i can't believe so many people r reading me on internet!!!

ruchira at 12:09PM, Sep 21st 2009.

This sounds like more of a nationalistic debate than a scientific one. Both parties claim with certainty that their side invented it. "Check your history books" is a very weak argument. The fact is there's no way any of you know. I always heard it was the Mayans (Through reading it) then I heard it was the Indians (on the History channel)I imagine many of you got your information from similiar sources. I for one can't possibly claim to know.

Krishna Da Kat at 01:44PM, Sep 21st 2009.

The Maya were the very first to use the zero. There calendar began in 3113bce, using zero as their launching point, unlike our calendar starting at one. The calendar began when humanity had developed writing from symbols, thus the word of God, creating.

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.

Mario at 11:50PM, Sep 23rd 2009.

The zero was invented India, by "Aryabhata". You can check History books to rectify your doubts.

Dineshk at 09:52PM, Oct 6th 2009.

Hi all
Please avoid using 'Invent zero'
it was there all the time.
so I request to change that to 'Discovery'

Thanks

syam at 05:59AM, Oct 13th 2009.

hi,
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

loren at 04:57PM, Oct 18th 2009.

this is real crap u ppl dnt knw abt India its the land of virtue......do u all knw tht in NASA there is 33% INdians? why? just thinkfirst thn comment like this....Zero is of course invented in India and the person name is Aryabhatt....

Pal at 03:03PM, Oct 26th 2009.

India is the real inventer of zero. so east or west India is best

danish at 05:38PM, Nov 1st 2009.

Every country is great in its own way. There are no greatest countries. There are only good or bad individuals.

Interesting Facts at 10:19AM, Nov 2nd 2009.

sof wrote: #
This information is false, zero was invented by the mayans. You can search for it in a mexican history book.

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.

MEEE at 07:06PM, Nov 2nd 2009.

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