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There was a time, not that long ago in human history, that zero was "so abstract".
by intrasight 1y ago
There was a time, not that long ago in human history, that zero was "so abstract".
- dist-epoch 1y agoIt was a religious offense to talk about zero. https://cambriamathtutors.com/zero-christianity/ https://cambriamathtutors.com/zero-christianity/
- stonemetal12 1y agoSure even 500 years ago negative numbers were "absurd" in western mathematics and even in eastern mathematics where they were used they were more thought of as credits and debts than just abstract numbers.