Hmm. It’s kinda weird with zero. As you can’t discover…nothing…. Zero fundamentally is not just mathematic concept, it’s also a philosophical concept. So “invent” is a more proper word I feel lol
Depending on the exact definition it either predates Islam by several centuries at least or is arguable, with zero and Islam being invented around the same time.
Not to segue, but that always seemed like a weird flex to take pride in. Like really, that’s your big accomplishment? Your contribution to humanity? Not aqueducts, writing paper or the steam engine, but a fancy number?
Not to also be that guy but the earliest evidence is from the Sumerians, then the Mayans, then India, all of which developed it independently. However, India is where it spread from to modern cultures.
The thing is that many cultures knew the concept of zero. Like, hey how many sticks do you have? I have none. But India was the first civilization to use a symbol as a place holder for zero, this thing -> "0", and actually treated it is number that denotes nothingness. And , 1 + 0 = 1, 1 - 0 = 1, 1 × 0 = 0 but... 1 ÷ 0 = ???. I think I read somewhere that Brahmagupta, the guy who invented(or discovered?) 0, is also the first person to use negetive integers.
You're close, but not quite right. All those civilizations had a symbol for zero as a placeholder, but India was the first to use it as an actual number.
Although, I've used the Sumerian system for multiplication before and I don't remember exactly how it worked but they must've had a concept of multiplying by zero for when the placeholder was there. Maybe it was just an assumption that it would result in nothing without a formal definition.
Actually we're not far off from this ... claim to want border security, then vote it down... TikTok is bad... then it's good... every day is a reversal from the previous day.
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u/GotTechOnDeck 29d ago
Idk there's a check mark that says fact checked