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On Zero

On Zero

An English class presentation on Zero (imposed topic, 5 min)

Baptiste Fontaine

October 20, 2014
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  1. 2000 BC 300 BC Arabs zero as both 900 BC

    800 AD a number & a digit
  2. No Real Analysis N.L. Carothers Cambridge University Press (2000) New

    Middle School Mathematics Allied Publishers (2008) Arithmetic and Beginning Science S. Bertram FastPencil Inc (2010) The Cosmic Sphere K.K. Sewell Nova Publishers (199)
  3. Maybe Is Zero a Natural Number? P. Harremoës arXiv:1102.0418 (2011)

    Natural Number Eric W. Weisstein MathWorld (2014)
  4. 1 In your opinion, what are the advantages of the

    positional notation over the non-positional one?
  5. 1 2014 MMXIV positional notation non-positional notation In your opinion,

    what are the advantages of the positional notation over the non-positional one?
  6. 3 What would the current state of mathematics look like

    without the invention/discovery of Zero?
  7. References The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero

    Robert Kaplan, Oxford University Press (book, 1999) Origin of the numerals, Zero concept Ahmed Boucenna, ePrint arXiv:0707.3579 (article, 2007) Much ado about nothing: An introductive inquiry about zero Lionello Pogliani et. al., International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (article, 2006) How was zero discovered? Nils-Bertil Wallin, YaleGlobal (article, 2002) Babylonian Pythagoras’ theorem, the early history of zero and a polemic on the study of the history of science Rahul Roy, Resonance (article, 2003)