who invented zero ?

Answer 1

*The nr. zero was invented independently in India and
by the Maya. In India a decimal system was used, like
ours, but they used an empty space for zero up to 3rd
Century BC. This was confusing for an empty space was
also used to separate numbers, and so they invented
the dot for a zero. The first evidence for the use of
the symbol that we now know as zero stems from the 7th
century AD. The Maya invented the number zero for
their calendars in the 3rd century AD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryabhata
*The number place-value system, first seen in the 3rd century Bakhshali Manuscript was clearly in place in his work.[2] Whether Aryabhata knew about zero or not remains in doubt; he certainly did not use the symbol, but the French mathematician Georges Ifrah argues that knowledge of zero was implicit in Aryabhata's place-value system as a place holder for the powers of ten with null coefficients[3].

However, Aryabhata did not use the brahmi numerals; continuing the Sanskritic tradition from Vedic times, he used letters of the alphabet to denote numbers, expressing quantities (such as the table of sines) in a mnemonic form

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Answer 2

The first apparent appearance of a symbol for zero appears in 876 in India on a stone tablet in Gwalior. Documents on copper plates, with the same small o in them, dated back as far as the sixth century AD, abound.

Answer 3

there was no need for a zero prior to the science of Algebra. arabs introduced Algebra to europeans when they were still counting on fingers and roman numerals.

Answer 4

In the way you mean, the answer is: The Hindu people of India --- it was later popularized by Arab traders.

But see the website below for a better answer.

Answer 5

Note, the following is a joke, I'm not trying to bring religion into this thread.

"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
I did not come up with that, and I do not know who to attribute it to, apologies to the author.

Answer 6

Coca cola!

Answer 7

arabs! or something simlar