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To: 2wrongs

Nope,the value of zero was first concieved in Ancient India.From there it went to Greece & unfortunately,by the 6th century wound up in the hands of the Slammics.Now it's called Arabic numerals.


9 posted on 12/17/2004 9:54:39 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I don't know where it(zero)was concieved, but at this time of the year it is reflected in my checking account.


16 posted on 12/17/2004 10:02:55 AM PST by Forrestfire ("Its what you learn AFTER you know everything, that counts." John Wooden)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

"...The value of zero was first conceived in Ancient India. From there it went to Greece..."

According to "Mathematics for the Millions", the classic historical work by Oxford don Lawrence Hogben, the Greeks knew of the concept of zero, which was a Hindu development, but discounted its logical validity. The Greeks' tremendous mathematical achievements (primarily in Geometry) were thus accomplished using a number system that never included the use of zero in any description or calculation. And the Greeks were the first to use the "stones" in calculating machines. In fact, the term "Calculus" refers to the "stones", as in "hard".

Everything the Arabs claim for themselves was ripped off from the victims of their savagery. Including their bogus claims of scientific contributions.


38 posted on 12/17/2004 11:00:34 AM PST by bowzer313
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