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A history of Zero that describes the introduction of zero and the main persons that brought advantages to it.
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Zero One of the commonest questions which the readers of this archive ask is: Who discovered zero? Why then have we not written an article on zero as one of the first in the archive? The reason is basically because of...Some information about the number zero and links to other pages.
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The Digit Zero Not enough attention has been paid to the digit zero in the course of history. It was the last of the decimal digits to be established in Western systems, but it has so many strong effects on our lives. Where...A paper discussing the historical, psychological, cultural, and logical perspectives of the number zero.
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Zero in Four Dimensions The introduction of zero into the decimal system in 13th century was the most significant achievement in the development of a number system, in which calculation with large numbers became feasible. Without the notion of zero, the descriptive and prescriptive...By considering a new notion of division, one can allow division by zero, but the algebraic rules have to be modified.
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Index of jesper/research/wheels This paper was published in Mathematical Structures in Computer Science 14(1):143184, Cambridge University Press, 2004. It was also included in my doctoral thesis. A very short explanation (two pages) can be found here. Abstract. We show how to extend any...