Re:Last major primeval forest in Europe on 'brink of collapse'
by jcranmer on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @01:09PM
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> Until the Arabs came up with the concept of zero, no human had any idea about zero, nor did mathematicians use the zero.
Babylon had a 0 symbol (ð’‘Š, I think) by 300 BC. The Olmecs and/or Maya had the Long Count (and presumably a 0 symbol) by at least 100 BC, although the first known contemporary long count date with a 0 by around 357 AD.
Babylon had a 0 symbol (ð’‘Š, I think) by 300 BC. The Olmecs and/or Maya had the Long Count (and presumably a 0 symbol) by at least 100 BC, although the first known contemporary long count date with a 0 by around 357 AD.