The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe invention of zeroimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1666arrow-down17
arrow-up1659arrow-down1imageThe invention of zeroThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squarestenAanden@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoI guess it’s the different cultures that invented the number zero? Except Babylon didn’t?
minus-squareSorryQuick@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoTechnically Babylon and Egypt had what could be described as a concept of zero, while India invented the modern mathematical zero.
minus-squaremermella@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThey first had a blank space, not mathematical zero
I guess it’s the different cultures that invented the number zero?
Except Babylon didn’t?
The Maya invented zero
Technically Babylon and Egypt had what could be described as a concept of zero, while India invented the modern mathematical zero.
They first had a blank space, not mathematical zero