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[sbpapu]

who invented zero

[rojash]

Generally attributed to the Babylonians , circa 400-300 BC

[ZedBloke]

yes prior to that they just had a space which made arithmetic confusing especially when the space was on the end! So some genius put a ring round it, bingo!

[shoota]

I was going to say Mitsubishi.......

[Mosaic]

Could it have been Nero, the Hero?

[Baldric]

ZEROCULES, he was Greek I think!

[Answerprancer]

Mr and Mrs Mostel :-)

[jake-the-peg]

Why is every history Euro-centric?

India 3000 BC
http://khvmathematics.blogspot.co.uk/2008/01/story-of-zero.html

And here's a picture of of it

http://rottenview.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/one-of-first-record-in-india-that-shows.html

[Old_Geezer]

I don't think anyone can claim to have invented zero. God maybe. I think there was plenty of zero around before someone noticed and assigned a symbol to it.

[wildwood]

Maybe it was the same one that invented the wheel, nobody knows, although I strongly suspect that Fred Flintstone had a hand in it.

[jomifl]

My bank manager.

[vascop]

Get someone to buy you this book for Christmas:

"The Nothing that Is: A natural History of Zero"
by Robert Kaplan