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What is the origin of zero? How did we indicate nothingness before zero? (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[–] zekiz@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

But Zero isn't necessarily nothing. It can be but nothing can also mean undefined. So not even zero.