The Babylonians did not have a concept of zero. They had a symbol for a zero in their base 60 numeral system, but didn't use it as a standalone number or concept.
Fun fact: He didn't invent zero. He simply was willing to part with the idea that the number zero was unholy. People back in the day associated zero with hell.
They're saying he has more than 9 girlfriends? I mean, yes, inventing the concept of place value, and the necesary zero, is impressive, but I don't think he'll be attracting that many ladies at once!
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youcantreadthis@quokk.au · 27 pts · 85d
This is why you shouldn't learn math
0ops@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 85d
It only ends in heartbreak
stenAanden@feddit.dk · 15 pts · 85d
I guess it's the different cultures that invented the number zero?
Except Babylon didn't?
ellen.kimble@piefed.social · 3 pts · 85d
The Maya invented zero
SorryQuick@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 85d
Technically Babylon and Egypt first had what could be described as a concept of zero, while India invented the modern mathematical zero.
ellen.kimble@piefed.social · 2 pts · 85d
They first had a blank space, not mathematical zero
FishFace@piefed.social · 9 pts · 85d
The Babylonians did not have a concept of zero. They had a symbol for a zero in their base 60 numeral system, but didn't use it as a standalone number or concept.
MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 85d
Who's the guy with the long beard?
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 85d
Confucius
slothrop@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 85d
Say what?
prospero@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 85d
Don't worry buddy, atleast one person got the joke
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 85d
In the bottom right. If they meant the stone guy:
I don't think there's a specific Arab scholar credited with coming up with the concept of zero.
MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 85d
Wasn't it Aryabhatta who came up with the concept of zero?
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 85d
Fun fact: He didn't invent zero. He simply was willing to part with the idea that the number zero was unholy. People back in the day associated zero with hell.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 6 pts · 85d
https://bookshop.org/p/books/zero-the-biography-of-a-dangerous-idea-charles-seife/9b102f8407965163
Zero -The Biography of a Dangerous Idea.
Great book.
notabot@piefed.social · 4 pts · 85d
They're saying he has more than 9 girlfriends? I mean, yes, inventing the concept of place value, and the necesary zero, is impressive, but I don't think he'll be attracting that many ladies at once!
OpenStars@piefed.social · 3 pts · 85d
Nerdy thoughts about what that concept unlocks for us all: