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Who has proposed the concept of 'ZERO'? An Arab or Indian Mathematician?

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It is believed that the '0' concept is proposed by an Arab Mathematician and Astronomer , Muhammad Bin Ahmed in 967 A D. Or was it really the Indian Mathematician Ramanujam?

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Zero appears in the Hindu number system, which is used by all humanity today was developed by 6th century Indian mathematician Brahmagupta.

The oldest known text to use zero is the Jain text from India entitled the Lokavibhaaga, dated 458 CE.[9] it was first introduced to the world centuries later by Al Khawarizmim, a Persian mathematician, astronomer and geographer[citation needed]. He was the founder of several branches and basic concepts of mathematics.

Rules of Brahmagupta

The rules governing the use of zero appeared for the first time in Brahmagupta's book Brahmasputha Siddhanta, written in 628. Here Brahmagupta considers not only zero, but negative numbers, and the algebraic rules for the elementary operations of arithmetic with such numbers. In some instances, his rules differ from the modern standard. Here are the rules of Brahamagupta:[11]

* The sum of two positive quantities is positive
* The sum of two negative quantities is negative
* The sum of zero and a negative number is negative
* The sum of zero and a positive number is positive
* The sum of zero and zero is zero.
* The sum of a positive and a negative is their difference; or, if they are equal, zero
* In subtraction, the less is to be taken from the greater, positive from positive
* In subtraction, the less is to be taken from the greater, negative from negative
* When the greater however, is subtracted from the less, the difference is reversed
* When positive is to be subtracted from negative, and negative from positive, they must be added together
* The product of a negative quantity and a positive quantity is negative
* The product of a negative quantity and a negative quantity is positive
* The product of two positive, is positive.
* Positive divided by positive or negative by negative is positive
* Positive divided by negative is negative. Negative divided by positive is negative
* A positive or negative number when divided by zero is a fraction with the zero as denominator
* Zero divided by a negative or positive number is either zero or is expressed as a fraction with zero as numerator and the finite quantity as denominator
* Zero divided by zero is zero.

In saying zero divided by zero is zero, Brahmagupta differs from the modern position. Mathematicians normally do not assign a value, whereas computers and calculators will sometimes assign NaN, which means "not a number." Moreover, non-zero positive or negative numbers when divided by zero are either assigned no value, or a value of unsigned infinity, positive infinity, or negative infinity. Once again, these assignments are not numbers, and are associated more with computer science than pure mathematics, where in most contexts no assignment is made. (See division by zero)


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The Mayans developed the concept of zero--->the absence of value. The Mayans = Mexicans.



The first records we have of the symbol we use for 0, is from Hindu writings from the late 9th century.

However the Babylonians were known to have used a space as a placeholder for empty "columns" as far back as 1700 BC.
Around 1400 years later, they developed the first known symbol to stand for an empty place. It looked something like YY.


It didn't actually stand for the number we know as "zero." It was never used alone. It was only a place holder.
The Mayan culture developed a symbol for the number zero, probably independently of the Babylonians, sometime later.

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Zero didn't exist in the ancient or classical world. The greeks and romans didn't have it.

The first hint of a concept of representing zero was in India, where they represented zero by leaving a blank space.

Islamic culture, having conquered an area of the world that managed to cover many different cultural and scientific backgrounds, establish a city of light and religious tolerance, named Baghdad (though interestingly it was Islamic religious intolerance that resulted in the destruction of the center of Islamic religious tolerance).

Here, following on the from the inherited Greek tradition of science and philosophy, they made many advances such as the invention of the University (the word comes from Arabic), computing (they invented the Algorithm, mathematics (they invented Algebra) and chemistry (well they made the first primitive steps called in the west Alchemy).

They also realised that they should represent a value of nothing with a figure, which is 0. 0 is really a placeholder, and many mathematicians consider it not to be a number (try dividing 2 by 0).

This simple invention has allowed us to perform an interesting range of calculations. Because all this happened in the 9th century when Europeans were illiterate barbarians, Europeans often studied from Arabic texts or went to the Middle East to study. As a result of this knowledge, along with the lost Greek texts returned to west and helped us rebuild our civilization, and we happily use it to make smart bombs and give them as presents back to the nice people of Baghdad


The "0" was named for Zero Natta a man that lived around 21 BC. Zero was a nobody that did a lot of nothing and was widely know as the ranking expert on nothing. He used to go from city to city lecturing on nothing. He did so much nothing that his name became synonymous with nothing. Thus when people had nothing, they would say that they had "Zero". The practice caught on and is still in wide spread use today.

ZERO was proposed by an Indian mathematician. but not by Ramanujan

Zero is called shoonya in India. It was introduced by Indian scientist, philosopher and scientist in ancient times well known as "ARYA BHATT".it was first introduced in India only.
Zero is philosophy of a religion. I will put it as...

HE are forever and cyclic,

A cycle of start middle and end.

And cyclic is an endless zero,

Symbol zero says it all!

Grasp both "zero" and GOD! You will feel similarities. But not 'a single equality' among similarities!

Hindu philosophy categorically states that GOD alone is everlasting and a cyclic order of "start middle and end" is bound to each other form of material existence.

With due regard to "first part of your question" I have answered now.

Cause of a very early zero evolution in India can be attributed to "a need of language-use"

'A number-sense' present in a sentence adds a condition to said sentence and concurrently 'a more precise meaning to sentence' (which is need of a language-use)

By adding number in language it is achieved. In other words numbers are conditions!

Naturally Indians used numbers as before units/unit conditions ( 1,2,3,4....have before-units 0,1,2,3... and it was retained owing to merits of it over 1,2,3,4...). Thus a zero concept and a related Vedic Mathematics emerged too early in India. When a mathematician say Vedic Mathematics is not-scientific I grasp what is meant by word science!

I recommend you to limit questions like these by involving bare minimum words in it!

Even though I have answered logically, my straightforward answer to your question is that "no single mathematician of Arab or Indian origin" has done it.

As 'Hindu philosophy portraying HIM match to that of 'a zero of a number system' you can trust zero emerged in ancient India and no further!

Finally don't trust well laid out words but wait for your own inner signals to conclude a true state!

Indian mathematician Ramanujam

Concept of zero was proposed in India and by Aryabhatta not by Ramanujam or Arab mathematician Muhammad bin Ahmed.

As far as I am concerned its an Indian ........

I think it was an Indian Mathematician "Aryabhatta" . But probably Mayans also had some kind of similar concept.

Yes, I say that Indian mathematician proposed the number ZERO. His name is RAMANUJAM.

0 was proposed by Indian mathematician ' Aryabhatt'.
Arabian mathematician got this concept from Indians, and they passed it 2 Europeans.
The numbers are known as 'Hindsa' in Arabic language because they got this concept of numbers from 'Hindu' or 'Indians'.

Concept of zero was first proposed by kanad maharshi when he introduced 'shunya' or nullity. Later Ramanujam and other eminent mathematicians held on to this powerful concept and gave it the number status as zero.

NOT RAMANUJAN He was alive far after Calculus was created. He did cool stuff (like an infinite series that got closer and closer to pi) but it was the Aryabhati guy who got 0.