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The first traces evidence that has been noted on the zero was found in the 3rd century B.C.E. 5,000 years ago. The first recorded zero is attributed to the Babylonians. They wrote in cuneiform and their zero was represented by a slanted double wedge that was inserted between cuneiform symbols for numbers. Then after a long period where nobody else used zero the Mayans independently invented zero in the 4th century CE. Their zero was represented by a black football shaped figure that looks like it has a white smiley in the center. The final independent discovery of the zero was in India in the middle of the 5thcentury. Their zero was represented by a dot. It later spread to China,Arabia, and Europe in which it became the zero we know now as an open circle.
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Who first used the number Zero in mathematics?
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When and where was zero first used?
in India they first cam up with then number 0 and was used probly in the 1500
Why was number zero introduced?
The Babylonians were the first to use the number zero in the 3rd century BC. It was used as a placeholder to signify that there were none of something.
Where did zero come from?
the actual number zero (0) was first used in India circa the 9th century BCE. The concept of zero was known earlier (arguably as far back as the Babylonians), but it was not used in calculations and not treated as a true number.
Why was the number zero invented and by whom was it invented?
the number zero is first used by Indians only not by any one else<br /><br /><br /><br /> The number zero was actually invented by the <i><b>Ancient Egyptians
