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Zero is important because it gives us the concept of having nothing and there being void this is used for purposes with math and real life in how we view things. Infinity goes on and on forever providing a concept that time does not end or a feeling of eternity which is hard to grasp. But if time did have an end and things just stopped, that would be equally as hard to think about.
There is no known mathematical symbol for zero in the ancient Egyptian number system.
A zero symbol
the concept of zero
It is the usage of the zero symbol that is still essential in mathematics even today.