To: highlander_UW
I heard it said these folks invented "zero"?
How very apt, if true.
To: Fitzcarraldo
Zero and the algebra were actually invented by Indians. The Muslims transported the ideas over to the West, under their own label (like "Damascus" steel)
9 posted on
04/28/2004 3:09:32 AM PDT by
SauronOfMordor
(That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast.)
To: Fitzcarraldo
I heard it said these folks invented "zero"?My understanding is that it is documented that the Mayans developed (and used) the zero first. No other mathematical system developed and USED the zero prior to the Maya.
11 posted on
04/28/2004 4:43:32 AM PDT by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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