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Who invented the concept zero?
It is attributed to Indian mathematicians.
In which country was zero invented?
I believe the Aztecs mathematicians were first to have a concept of zero and negative numbers.
In which year zero invented?
The concept of zero as a placeholder and numeral was invented around the 5th century CE in ancient India by mathematicians known as the Indian mathematicians. This idea spread to other civilizations and eventually reached Europe in the 12th century.
Where was our system of numerals invented?
It originated from the Indian subcontinent where the concept of zero was introduced into numbers what today we now call the Hindu-Arabic numeral system.
When was the zero invented?
Zero was invented about 4500 years ago.The concept of zero was not invented, it was more accurately discovered. When it was discovered is difficult. Different cultures stumbled across it at different times independently of each other. The approximate dates that foundational civilizations discovered the concept of zero are listed below:Mesopotamia - ca. 2000 BCEIndia - 4th century BCEChina - 4th century BCEArabia - 500 CEGreece - possibly as early as the 4th century BCE, but at least by 130 CERome - 525 CE (Dionysius Exiguus referred in his writings to zero as nulla)Olmecs - between 1500 and 400 BCE (they passed this on to subsequent cultures such as the Mayans)
