i bet nobody ever thought about the zero, yes the zero was invented, and befor when they had no zero the numbers were crazy, the numbers were limited, or you need a wall to write 1million,
i will answer after i resieve some other people answers.
thx
2007-10-20
20:22:42
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well, its al khawarizmi who invented both, he is one of the greates mathematicien of all times, he is arab, look up for him
2007-10-20
20:42:30 ·
update #1
It's believed that the concept of 0 as a place holder originated with the Hindu and possibly Turkish mathematicians (along with the decimal numbering system) in about he 13'th century. Algebra seems to have been invented mostly by the Turks and Arabs. And, before you ask, trigonometry was first developed by the Egyptians.
Doug
2007-10-20 20:33:23
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answered by doug_donaghue 7
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It was the ancient Hindus who are credited with the invention of zero, - an innovation that has revolutionized our Mathematics and has enabled us to literally reach out to the outermost limits of space. As regards algebra, I am not sure but I suppose that an Arab mathematician, probably Jabr-al-Tarik by name, was its inventor, the same person after whom the Straits of Gibraltar happen to be named. I reiterate that I am not certain of this and, in the event of being off the mark , I would love to be corrected by your well informed readers.
2007-10-20 20:36:54
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answered by Jaisingh T 2
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Al-Khwārizmī was a renowned Persian mathematician of the ninth century who developed algebra and introduced Indian mathematical concepts, such as the use of Arabic numerals including the concept of a zero and the fundamentals of arithmetic. The word “algorithm” is derived from his name.
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Both of my answers are from other sources:
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Founder of algebra
Who founded algebra?
Response #: 1 of 1
Author: chaffer
No one person appears to have invented algebra in all its complexity and
glory. Instead, it appears to have sort of "grown up." Western Europeans
learned their algebra from the works of the Persian mathematician Muhammed ibn
Musa al-Khowarizmi. The word, algebra, is a corruption of al-jabr which is
part of the title of his treatise, Hisab al-jabr w'al muqabalah which means
something like, "the science of reunion and reduction." It is pretty clear
that the Persians got some of these ideas from earlier work of the Babylonians,
Egyptians, Chinese, Hindus, and who knows else.
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Zero was introduced initially, not as a number to be used in computation, but as a position marker to distinguish between such numbers as 123, 1203, 1230, and 1023. The Maya, about the 1st century ad, used a small oval containing an inner arc to denote zero. About five centuries later the Hindus began to use a circle or a dot as a symbol for zero; the dot later fell into disuse. These Indian mathematicians wrote numbers in columns, and they used the zero to represent a blank column. The Hindu word for zero was sunya, meaning empty, or void; this word, translated and transliterated by the Arabs as sifr, is the root of the English words cipher and zerZero was introduced initially, not as a number to be used in computation, but as a position marker to distinguish between such numbers as 123, 1203, 1230, and 1023. The Maya, about the 1st century ad, used a small oval containing an inner arc to denote zero. About five centuries later the Hindus began to use a circle or a dot as a symbol for zero; the dot later fell into disuse. These Indian mathematicians wrote numbers in columns, and they used the zero to represent a blank column. The Hindu word for zero was sunya, meaning empty, or void; this word, translated and transliterated by the Arabs as sifr, is the root of the English words cipher and zero.
2007-10-20 20:55:56
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answered by azianshrimp 2
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I'm not sure but I think Muslims invented algebra. I'm not sure with the zero, though.
2007-10-20 20:49:11
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answered by orangejuice 2
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aliens introduced the number zero, they needed it for their zero-gravity engines that power their spacevehicles.
2007-10-20 20:31:01
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answered by gjmb1960 7
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