Concept of Zero in Mathematics

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in response to reader comment: Arabs did NOT invent the concept of ZERO

Submitted by CN (United States), Jan 21, 2010 at 14:02

While Arab culture was not the first to com up with zero as a concept- India, the Mayans, Budhists all had this "CONCEPT"- Arabs ARE the FIRST to incorporate it into mathematics.

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