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Zero was invented long after the rest of the natural numbers (to my knowledge this is the case in every culture that independently invented zero). At least in t
by gizmo686 9y ago
Zero was invented long after the rest of the natural numbers (to my knowledge this is the case in every culture that independently invented zero). At least in the case of the Greeks, its status was somewhat controversial; I am not sure how other societies viewed it once it was invented.
- johncolanduoni 9y agoIf we find out some alien race started using positive numbers and zero at the same time, do they then become the same level of abstraction?