15th February 2016 by What's What Team

Invention of zero

Zero was invented by the Indian mathematician Aryabhata around 499 AD. The concept of zero first appeared in India around 458 AD. Zero was denoted by the word shunya, or void. In 628 AD, Brahmagupta gave the rules of computing with zero.

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