tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post5843497229198586199..comments2023-11-14T20:44:36.587-06:00Comments on Cosmic Yarns: The Smartest Person Who Ever LivedRobert Scherrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17341214577362261827noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-39541976262046974632017-09-09T13:52:13.200-05:002017-09-09T13:52:13.200-05:00Zero, wonderful topic! I have studied 1,800 year ...Zero, wonderful topic! I have studied 1,800 year old texts where one smart person of India did work on zero by examination. He used propositional logic to develop his treatises (more than one), which was not well developed at those times. Using dialectical reasoning, Nagarjuna would examine crucial expressions including language. So he was not an inventor but a thorough examiner, perhaps unsurpassed to date. As a result everything reduced to zero, which at that time many civilizations did not employ. In recent decades his works are in English and available in academic libraries.futuriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13580231721522317528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-77741681510320376262017-06-01T12:07:07.085-05:002017-06-01T12:07:07.085-05:00Interesting question.
Other than the current Indo...Interesting question.<br /><br />Other than the current Indo-Arabic numerals we use, I do know the Maya had a symbol for zero. Although it was mostly a symbol to indicate nothing, so not like the current use of zero.Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-35882779367274927882017-06-01T09:57:31.436-05:002017-06-01T09:57:31.436-05:00On the math side of things, I guess I would vote f...On the math side of things, I guess I would vote for the inventor of "zero". I have no idea if that invention is "unique" or was discovered in multiple cultures.Robert Scherrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17341214577362261827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627288822362203855.post-78799981074423498722017-06-01T09:49:24.176-05:002017-06-01T09:49:24.176-05:00What about exponential notation.
It's a far m...What about exponential notation.<br /><br />It's a far more recent development, but it's in universal use now.Kathynoreply@blogger.com