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Frequently Asked Questions...
Zero was invented in India probably in the 5th century?
If that is true, what did mathematicians with 'naught' before zero was invented?
And that doesn't mean people didn't have the idea of 'nothing', correct?
I meant to write: What did mathematicians DO with naught before zero was invented?
Answer:
People could say 'there is nothing there' or 'I have no oranges', but there was no concept of zero being a number. They believed that had to have one or more oranges before you could give a number to how many oranges you had.
Counting began with one. Fractions were based on ratios between 2 numbers - but since zero was not regarded as a number, all fractions were greater than zero. Of course, they could not have said that, because they had no zero. It is actually a little difficult to imagine life without zero!
However Euclid, in his arithmetic books, achieved quite a lot without zero and later writers went even further. But the invention - or discovery - of zero was certainly a gigantic step forward.
![]() ANCIENT GREEK ATTIC POTTERY KYLIX late 5th CENTURY BC US $553.46
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