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before we had [a] way to mathematically describe nothing. This seems a little overstated since positional number systems are fairly sophisticated mathematics -
by pvg 4y ago
before we had [a] way to mathematically describe nothing.
This seems a little overstated since positional number systems are fairly sophisticated mathematics - you can deal with 'nothing' without needing zero in its modern sense.
- vanderZwan 4y agoYou can even have positional number systems without zero - that's what the Babylonians had