who found the number "ZERO"?

Answer 1

Aryabhatta - and other ancient Indian mathematicians.

The concept of zero, or Shunya was then taken by the Arabs to Europe.

Answer 2

The ancient India astronomer Brahmagupta is credited with having put forth the concept of zero for the first time: Brahmagupta is said to have been born the year 598 A.D. at Bhillamala (today's Bhinmal ) in Gujarat, Western India.

It is possible that like the technique of algebra; the concept of zero also reached the west through the Arabs. In ancient India the terms used to describe zero included Pujyam, Shunyam, Bindu the concept of a void or blank was termed as Shukla and Shubra. The Arabs refer to the zero as Siphra or Sifr from which we have the English terms Cipher or Cypher. In English the term Cipher connotes zero or any Arabic numeral. Thus it is evident that the term Cipher is derived from the Arabic Sifr which in turn is quite close to the Sanskrit term Shubra.

Answer 3

The word zero comes ultimately from the Arabic á¹£ifr (صفر) meaning empty or vacant, a literal translation of the Indian Sanskrit śūnya meaning void or empty. Through transliteration this became zephyr or zephyrus in Latin. The word zephyrus already meant "west wind" in Latin; the proper noun Zephyrus was the Roman god of the west wind (after the Greek god Zephyros). With its new use for the concept of zero, zephyr came to mean a light breeze—"an almost nothing."[1] The word zephyr survives with this meaning in English today. The Italian mathematician Fibonacci (c.1170-1250), who grew up in Arab North Africa and is credited with introducing the Hindu decimal system to Europe, used the term zephyrum. This became zefiro in Italian, which was contracted to zero in the Venetian dialect, giving the modern English word.

Answer 4

Well, that depends on what you mean by zero -- are you referring to the concept, the standalone digit, or the use of a zero-mark in the midst of another number (like 302)?

There's more info at the link below. Hope it helps.

Answer 5

South Americans used it first, but it more or less died with some of their ancient cultures. The concept of zero as we use it today came from India (as did our numbers). Some say the Arabs invented it, but in reality, they propogated the concept from India to North Africa and on to Europe.

Answer 6

The person who discovered it is unknown to the best of my knowledge. However, the Arabs developed the concept of zero and the zero.

Good question!

Answer 7

The first idea of a "0" traces back to the Babylonians, but it was the Olmecs of southern Mexico who started to use the number we use today.

Answer 8

Æschelus went forth from Rome to find food. Instead, he found 0 lying on the ground one day and returned to Rome. He went to the forum and said "Behold! I bring you ... nothing!" and was stoned to death. Then later the Mayans figured it out.

Answer 9

the mayans found the number zero...it was in my global workbook

Answer 10

The history of zero is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_(number)#History_of_zero