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To: Leep

People claim that they invented nothing, or zer0 or the null set or something like that.


22 posted on 03/01/2020 12:10:26 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Muslims invented “cleanliness”

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27 posted on 03/01/2020 12:14:47 PM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: Paladin2

Hindus invented the zero. Arabs borrowed it from them. I think Hindus invented drinking their own urine too.


28 posted on 03/01/2020 12:17:14 PM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: Paladin2

Actually the concept of a zero numerical character is Hindu in origin, Arabs copied it and the entire number character system - 0 through 9. Fibonacci (Italian mathematician & merchant) adopted it to give himself an advantage in business efficiency over the other European merchants. He later published on this, the abacus, invented double entry book keeping, etc. Perhaps simultaneously the father of number theory & modern accounting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci


30 posted on 03/01/2020 12:22:59 PM PST by Reily
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