Prince.Skeletor
Don’t Be Like He-Man
For real. 
Oh Really, This Is How Numbers Were Invented?????
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The Fade
I don’t argue with niqqas on the Internet anymore
Yeah this what euros were studying in them lodges in secret, which gave them the Renaissance.
Yep once you see how art, mysticism is connected to philosophy and science and logic it’s makes learning it easier. But they’ve been removed from each other making it hard to learn for us active and visual learnersI wish my math classes were this interesting in grade school. I might have actually learned how to multiply a fraction if they took this sort of foundational knowledge to juvenile academia.
Makes sense I guess on face value. I do know the number zero was invented after all the others as they needed something to represent nothing, I think it was initially a dot and evolved to what we know now.
Dorian Breh
Veteran
Zero was invented in India
KnickstapeCity
The Big Dikk King
Maybe he means Arabic numerals (which we use today).
The Romans had a bad ass number system but they didn’t have zero. Plus it was hard (pause) and confusing.
The Romans had a bad ass number system but they didn’t have zero. Plus it was hard (pause) and confusing.
No, the first concept of zero was in Kemet.
And the Ishango bone calculator predates them all by 20,000 years.
UpAndComing
Veteran
I took a history of Mathematics course. I loved it. I also read history of Finance and Economics
History is easily and will always be my favorite subject
History is easily and will always be my favorite subject
Prince.Skeletor
Don’t Be Like He-Man
This is not incorrect but a lack of understanding of what you are saying.
What you said reflects different aspects of the history of zero.
The concept of zero as a numerical digit and as an integer, that is, a symbol representing nothing and used in calculations was developed in ancient India. Indian mathematicians like Brahmagupta (7th century CE) formalized zero’s mathematical properties, and the digit “0” became integral to the decimal system. This is the zero we use today in arithmetic and algebra.
Know for the zero in Kemet that was different.
Ancient Egyptians had a concept of zero as a magnitude in bookkeeping (e.g., zero balance) and construction, but their numeral system was additive and did not require a zero placeholder as in the Indian or Mesopotamian systems. They did use the idea of “nothing” in practical contexts, but not as a fully developed digit or symbol in positional notation.
The Ishango bone on the other hand is one of the oldest known mathematical artifacts. It features notches interpreted as tally marks, possibly for counting, tracking time, or even representing prime numbers. However, there is no evidence that the Ishango bone represents zero as a concept or symbol. It demonstrates early counting and number sense, not the abstract idea of zero.
Only the Indian development represents the zero we use today. The Ishango bone is much older but is not related to the invention of zero.