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Interesting enough, the oldest recorded use of the symbol zero in mesoamerica is older. From https://baas.aas.org/pub/2021n1i336p03/release/2 https://baas.aas.o
by lamp_book 2y ago
Interesting enough, the oldest recorded use of the symbol zero in mesoamerica is older. From https://baas.aas.org/pub/2021n1i336p03/release/2 https://baas.aas.org/pub/2021n1i336p03/release/2 - “The oldest representation of the Mesoamerican zero, dating from the year 31 BCE, is found in Stela C in the ancestral Olmec site of Tres Zapotes in Veracruz, Mexico.”
- adrian_b 2y agoOlder than the use of zero in India, but hundreds of years later than the use of zero in Mesopotamia. In any case, this must have been an independent invention of zero.
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- kragen 2y agounless it was brought over by the flying saucers (now where did i put my aluminum foil)