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Mystery of zero solved

http://pothi.com/pothi/book/ankur-tiwari-mystery-zero-%E2%80%93-shoonya-ka-rahasya

by sygeek • 15 years ago

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bediger• 15 years ago

The comments are priceless, so, you should read them.

It is possible to do a positional system of numerals without a specific zero-digit:

http://www.stratigery.com/crank.rant.html

Clearly, the idea of zero still perplexes people.

russell• 15 years ago

Well it sure sounds like a cranks's writing and wikipedia never heard of it But http://www.bnrf.co.cc/index_files/Page467.htm gives a formula that some one here can check out. (It looks like divide by 0 to me).

sygeek• 15 years ago

Yes, it is divide by 0. The concept is very perplexing, although many have come up with theories (false) but this one seemed particularly interesting (though I can't verify if it is legit or not).

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