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my dearest teacher...
can you tell me who and when the number zero was discovered, please?



Hi,

If you go to Earliest Uses of Various Mathematical Symbols and follow the link to "Symbols for various constants, such as pi, i, e, 0 ", you will find some notes on zero. As you will see there is some controversy as to who used zero first.

Penny


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