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How has Mayan Math changed math?

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Myan math was one of the first number systems to recognize "0"

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No it was not! It was the Indians (from India as opposed to native Americans) who first used the concept of zero. Its use was adopted in the Indo-Arabic system which then brought it to Europe.

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