Plz. provide some detailed answer... as to why 0 was necessary for our calculations. Thanks.
2007-08-11 02:06:25 · 19 answers · asked by aslam09221 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Pre-Islamic Persians.
It wasn't necessary....the Greeks would've come up with it in time, and there is evidence the pre-classical Greeks had the concept of null.
2007-08-11 02:13:02 · answer #1 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
For starters, zero, except as a concept, was not invented it was discovered. It appears in nature. It has been discovered on multiple occasions.
It is not "necessary," but it is unbelievably useful. Many ideas, such as risk, cannot exist in the absence of a zero. Many devices, such as a computer, could not exist in the absence of a zero.
Still, zero was opposed by the papacy when it first appeared in the west as potentially implying the non-existence of God.
Zero is a fundamental identity. Many ideas, such as 7, do not really need to exist but are useful because they do. Zero does need to exist within our culture because too many things cannot be discussed or thought about without it.
2007-08-11 05:32:01 · answer #2 · answered by OPM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pre-islamic arabs came up with this one... err... this ''zero,'' i guess.
i wish i could draw the original numbers so you could see them...
''1'' is one because there is only one angle.
''2'' was originally closer to a ''z,'' and it's a two because threre were two angles.
''3'' is three because... well... you get the point. it goes on and on like that until you reach ''9.'' you and i probably wouldn't even recognize some of the original arabic digits.
so, a "0" is a zero, because it has zero angles. it's round. we need it because nobody can ever remember what ''M'' and ''X'' and ''V'' stand for, and because it makes everything from home-budgeting to rocket science infinitely more simple.
maybe not the best wording in the world, but gimme a break. i'm sleep deprived.
2007-08-11 02:17:28 · answer #3 · answered by That Guy Drew 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It was invented independently in India (who passed to the Arabs) and the Mayans.
It is a place holder. It isn't absolutely necessary. You only need to look at what the Greeks and Romans did without it. But it does make the calculations a lot easer to visualize.
2007-08-11 02:14:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zero Mostel?
2007-08-11 02:09:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Before there can be one there has to be a starting point. Thus the zero. Who invented it? The same person who invented the 1,2,3
2007-08-11 02:11:25 · answer #6 · answered by imezru2 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Alledgedly, while translating the Bible, the Christian Romans didn't know how to right the numeral for the Jewish "zero". They asked the arab who was translating for them how to write it. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "just leave a blank space, I guess." So they left a blank space, but circled it so they would know that the "zero" was there.
I wish I could remember the name of the show I heard that on.
2007-08-11 02:14:42 · answer #7 · answered by mamasquirrel 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
A saturday morning tribute to zero.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8_csLwnc20
Is it accurate to say that zero was actually "invented" or was it more like it was "discovered"?
2007-08-11 02:30:35 · answer #8 · answered by since you asked 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mathematicians....math is kinda religious...it's All...you have zero (right in the middle and represents nothing) and you have infinite somethings with positive numbers and infinite minuses with the negative numbers.
2007-08-11 02:11:58 · answer #9 · answered by Greenwood 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mohammad bin Mousa who is a Muslim scientist.
Also here is an article to prove that it was invented by Muslims:
http://samih.maktoobblog.com/?post=21707
2007-08-11 02:25:15 · answer #10 · answered by Dalzz 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋