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The invention of zero (lemmy.world)

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[–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Technically Babylon and Egypt first had what could be described as a concept of zero, while India invented the modern mathematical zero.

[–] ellen.kimble@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

They first had a blank space, not mathematical zero