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The Use of Zero
Make some blanks
and fill out corresponding numbers.
But what about the empty spaces?
The Evolution of Zero
Around the 6th century, in India.
Zero was invented to mark empty digits.
A simple mark for separating digits.
But Brahmagupta, a mathematician, had a different idea.
"Zero is a number you get from a subtraction of the same two numbers."
He named "the state of none" as "zero"
and used his imagination.
"A number does not change if zero is added or subtracted.
But all become zero if multiplied by zero." - "Brahmasphutasiddhanta," 626
In the 12th century, zero was spread by Arabian merchants.
But it was banned for being a pagan number.
The mysterious number that indefinitely increased other numbers by repetition
fascinated a young Italian mathematician, Leonardo Fibonacci.
He introduced a calculation method using the Indian numbers.
It was generalized as merchants and bankers started using it.
And in Germany, around 1679. Leibniz, Mathematician.